counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
habitual criminal; recidivist; recidivism; habitual criminal activity
tip of nose; before one's eyes; under one's nose; tip (of something)
to punish; to penalize; to penalise
to put on (lower-body clothing, e.g. pants, skirt, footwear); to wear; to affix (a sword to one's hip); (arch.) to affix (a bowstring to a bow)
fishing; angling; change (for a purchase); clickbaiting; trolling; writing deliberately inflammatory posts online
scattered; disperse; loose; disconnected; in pieces; in drops
suitable; appropriate; befitting; conjoining; association; samprayukta
wise; sensible; well-advised; intelligent; sagacious; prudent
no matter what; whatever happens; in any situation; rain or shine
duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); carving; engraving; strictness; cruelty
to climb over; to get over; to surmount; to overcome; to surpass; to overtake
to grip; to grasp; to squeeze
flow of time; flux of time; lapse of time; current of the times; trend of the times
to tear off; to pluck; to scratch off
unnatural; artificial; affected; strained
to bend backwards; to bend oneself back; to be taken aback
to cling to; to depend on; to embrace; to hug
to grasp back; to squeeze back; to grab back
solitude; loneliness; isolation
something to rely on; aid; someone to rely on; relative; reminder; memento
to allow; to enable; to make possible; to make feasible; to permit
to stay on; to remain; to hold out; to stop (doing); to give up
half the body; half length
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
turbidity; cloudiness (of a liquid); opacity; disorder; chaos
to bring back; to restore
breaking off; snapping off
surfacing; rising to the surface; emerging; leaping into prominence; rising (of rank)
equation; formula; ceremony; style; (arch.) enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryo)
release; emission; ejection
physical strength; muscle strength
to rot; to decay; to die in obscurity; to be forgotten with time
self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself
to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home
betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)