shelf; ledge; rack; trellis
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained
errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit
to pass; to pass on; to give (something) a miss; to cut it out; to knock off (for the day); to let the matter drop
equality (esp. of status); equal footing; equal terms
to point; to nominate; to select someone; to identify; to indicate; to play (a game of shogi)
partition; division; settlement of accounts; preliminary warm-up ritual; toeing the mark; directing
clearing one's throat; cough
to dominate (usu. one's husband)
(another's) daughter; young lady (of pampered upbringing); woman who has never known hardship; naive woman
cooking for oneself; cooking one's own food; doing one's own cooking; scanning a book or magazine to create an ebook by oneself
housework; domestic chores; family affairs; household matters
showing no signs of; there being no hint of; (arch.) unthinkable
to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place); to be limited to; to be confined to; to only account for
nothing but; none other than
reconciliation; amicable settlement; court-mediated settlement; (arch.) translation of a foreign language into Japanese
unthinking; thoughtless; heedless; inconsiderate
to turn pale; to lose color; to lose colour
nature; property; disposition
(the) whole; as a whole; in general; at large
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
public matter; governmental matter; prince; duke; lord; sir
timid; weak-kneed; fainthearted; bearish (e.g. market)
concentration; diligence; asceticism; zeal in one's quest for enlightenment; adherence to a vegetarian diet
epidemic; plague; pestilence
to invade; to raid; to infringe; to encroach; to harm; to afflict
to burn down (to the ground); to clear away by burning; to reduce to ashes; to burn off
illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault
easy to deal with; easily manageable; tractable; malleable
war; battle; campaign; (arch.) troops; (arch.) forces
cannot be undone; can't be recovered from
last resort; desperate measure taken under pressure of necessity
cruelty; coldheartedness; relentless; ruthless
time of emergency; (in an) emergency
substitute (e.g. actor); substitution; stand-in; double
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake
devising (a way); contriving; device; design; dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)