empty; void; vain; fruitless; lifeless
no matter what; whatever happens; in any situation; rain or shine
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
to swear; to vow; to take an oath; to pledge
confirmation; verification; validation; review; check; affirmation
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
advanced (developed) country; advanced nations
wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza
already known; well-known
unnatural; artificial; affected; strained
state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances
attack; assault; raid; criticism; censure; denunciation
specialization; specialisation
entirety; whole; balance (in Zen); equality
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
to digest; to break down; to break to pieces; to be able to use; to be good at; to finish; to complete
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
strengthening; intensifying; reinforcement; enhancement; solidification
joint ownership; co-ownership; sharing (e.g. a viewpoint); sharing (files, devices on a network, posts on social media, etc.)
advance guard; vanguard; avant-garde (e.g. music)
complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
easy; smooth; without a hitch; quick
performing without rehearsal
practice; training; drill; (an) exercise; workout
attenuation; damping; decay
effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)
(fixing) boundaries for religious practices; prohibition (of items, people, spirits, etc. that would hinder Buddhist practice); fence between inner and outer sanctums in a temple; (arch.) short two or three-fold lattice around the front desk of a store; barrier; dimensional barrier
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
sports ground; playing field; playground
to select; to choose; to diagnose (an illness); to judge; to liken to something else; to regard as something else (e.g. to use another person as a mirror); to see someone off
movement; transfer; migration; mobile; moving; traveling
going straight to the point; cutting it short; as it turns out
goes without saying; needless to say; obvious
(one's) figure; build; physique; style
warfare in which soldiers fling themselves at the enemy; hand-to hand combat
to face (each other); to be facing; to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to receive (a client, etc.); to compare with
to put on; to wear; to be clad in; to twine around; to twist around; to coil around
sharpness; cutting ability; quickness (of wit); incisiveness; peppiness (of a ball)