astringent; bitter; austere; elegant (and unobtrusive); sour (look); glum
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
(way of) life; living; livelihood; life circumstances
pleasant; agreeable; comfortable
to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to call for; to summon
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
work (film, book); production; creation; turning (something) out
briskly; smartly; promptly; clearly; lucidly
to roughen (e.g. one's attitude); to raise (one's voice)
expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately
wife; bride; (one's) daughter-in-law
all manner of (verbal) abuse; all kinds of names; abusive language; torrent of abuse; stream of insults
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
anger; rage; fury; wrath; indignation
performance of one's official duties
pleasant feeling; good feeling
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
brow; glabella; middle forehead; area between the eyebrows
to wrinkle up (one's eyebrows, one's nose); to furrow; to crimple
silence (not speaking); muteness
(addressee's) name; (recipient's) name and address
aim; object; expectations; prospects; something that can be relied upon; snack served with alcoholic drink; pad
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
hidden treasure; treasured article
to take out; to carry out; to bring out from where it belongs; to mention something; to broach a topic; to bring up (a subject)
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
recovery; rescue; recapture
help; assistance; service
one copy (of a document); one letter; one-way traffic; pure straight; winning hand containing nine consecutive tiles of the same suit (i.e. 1-9)
promptly; immediately; quickly; indifferently
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
seasonal greeting; conventional opening phrase in a letter, appropriate to the season
writing; composition; essay; sentence
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
to finish reading; to read through
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to show someone (into a room)
manner of speaking; verbal argument; objection; protesting a decision (esp. that of a sumo referee); rumor; rumour