to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
in; on; at (place); as for; regarding
black; black go stone; guilt; guilty person
proof; evidence; certificate; license; to testify (usu. Christian religious context); enlightenment
call; summons; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (arch.) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)
plain; unaffected; natural; unpretentious; frank; candid
bookshelves; bookshelf; bookcase
economy; economics; finance; (one's) finances; being economical; economy
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
dirt; filth; stain; blot; spot
difficult to ...; hard to ...
performance of one's official duties
safe (e.g. choice); secure; innocuous; acceptable; passable; satisfactory
astringent; bitter; austere; elegant (and unobtrusive); sour (look); glum
anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly
harmless and inoffensive; bland; tepid
passion; enthusiasm; zeal
to become pale; to turn pale
to pledge allegiance; to swear an oath of allegiance; to take an oath of allegiance
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug; to have (a thought or feeling); to hold; to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.)
to condemn; to blame; to urge; to press; to torture; to torment
tone (of voice); manner of talking
to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
in the same manner as before; the same as always
burden; nuisance; bother; hanger-on; dependent; parasite
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
already; now; no longer; not any more
coat; tunic; jacket; outer garment
to paint; to plaster; to lacquer; to varnish; to spread; to smear
to squeeze out; to wring out
injustice; unfairness; wrongdoing; iniquity; impropriety; irregularity
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
to increase; to add to; to augment
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
to keep one's mouth shut; to refuse to talk
in 8 or 9 cases out of ten; in all probability
to say no more; to sink into silence
ticktock; chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; dry and hard; (frozen) stiff; hidebound