to try and do something; to attempt to do something
lending (money); finance; loan; adaptability; versatility; flexibility
(one's) inner voice; voice of one's heart; what one really thinks
to demand gratitude; to do something for someone in order to create an obligation of gratitude from that person
profit; advantage; benefit; rebirth in paradise, entering nirvana
goodness; excellence; virtue
cultivation; refinement; culture; education
development; exploitation
to set out; to set sail; to embark on (a new venture); to set out (to achieve something); to begin to ride; to lean forward
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
obedient; meek; docile; honest; frank; upfront (about one's feelings)
seeing is believing; one eye-witness is better than many hearsays; a picture is worth a thousand words
proverb; saying; aphorism; maxim
whether one likes it or not; whether willing or not; willy-nilly
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
essence; true nature; substance; reality
praise; admiration; commendation; approbation
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
in a sense; in some way; to an extent
to be put in order; to be put to rights; to be disposed of; to be solved; to be finished; to be married (off)
number (in a series); (one's) turn; watch; guard; rank; standing; bout
to refuse; to decline; to deny
high class; high grade; high rank; seniority
poisonous snake; poisonous serpent
cave; tunnel; tunnel tomb (Kofun period)
cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes; remains (of war dead)
memento (esp. of a deceased person); keepsake; heirloom; remembrance; souvenir
division of labour; division of labor; splitting into groups (e.g. to search)
to throw; to fling; to hurl; to neglect; to abandon; to leave alone
to fill in a hole; to plug a gap (money, personnel, etc.); to make up for a deficiency; to cover a deficit
to become clear; to be made public
serving concurrently as; holding the additional post of
active duty; active service; student taking (university) entrance exams while still enrolled in school; student who passed their university entrance exams on the first try
with my own (two) eyes; with these very eyes