particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
madness; insanity; irregularity; deviation; fanaticism; fanatic
marriage of an Imperial princess to a subject
swallowing whole; swallowing without chewing; taking something in without fully understanding it; accepting without reservation; accepting something as-is
oxygen deficiency; oxygen shortage; lack of oxygen
cast-off skin (snake, insect, etc.); husk; empty shell; exuvia; exuviae
to eat oneself out of house and home; to eat up completely
one's possessions; ownership
inherited; family (heirloom); ancestral
generation; lifetime; age
(idle) curiosity; fancifulness; whimsy; (having) strange tastes
precisely; exactly; plumb; damn; stupid; cursed
to destroy; to crush; to break by striking; to spoil; to ruin
to bend down; to bow down; to prostrate oneself; to hide oneself
delivery of books; presentation copy
starting afresh; going back to square one; abandoning (e.g. a plan); clearing an abacus
large part; greater part; people in general; general public; mostly; for the most part
outward appearance; ostensible; public; official
private; confidential; informal; secret; (within the) family circle; (on the) inside
intelligence or information network
on the surface; ostensibly; superficially; apparently
sense of distance (physical or emotional); feeling of distance
early ripening rice; early-ripening fruit (grain, etc.); person who becomes physically or mentally mature at an early age
indicates uncertainty or second hand nature of information quoted
grip; having all the cards needed to form a scoring combination in one's hand
abstention; nonparticipation
leaving everything up to someone else
threat; menace; coercion; terrorism
greed; craving; desire; appetite; hunger; avarice
lively; vigorous; energetic; full of (energy, appetite, curiosity, etc.); brimming with
one's impression of a product after trying it out; feel of a product (during use); usability; signs of use (of a product); wear and tear
to assign; to allot; to allocate; to divide among; to distribute; to prorate
meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up
before one's eyes; under one's nose; immediate (e.g. interests); present; foresight; near future
seeing through (a trick, someone's mind, etc.)
dissenting opinion; opposite viewpoint; contraview
to come near; to approach; to be on the verge of; to be about to; to overhang; to hang over
to play a central role; to take a leading part
next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to