year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
one's nature; one's feelings; plain; unadorned; mere; poor
conjunctive particle indicating a cause or reason
cause; seed; variety; kind; counter for varieties
to bud; to sprout; to germinate; to have luck on one's side; to get lucky
to enliven (e.g. a conversation); to animate; to engage in enthusiastically; to become successful and well known
food (esp. staple food such as rice or wheat); provisions; rations; food supply
although; though; despite the fact that ...
to house; to contain; to carry (a baby); to be pregnant; (arch.) to give lodging to; (arch.) to accommodate
pregnancy; conception; gestation
half; biracial person (esp. half-Japanese); person of mixed parentage
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist
this way (of doing); this method; this sort (of thing); this type
to taper to a point; to become pointed; to become sharp; to look displeased; to look sour; to be on edge
someone else's hands; someone else's possession; hand (worker); aide; labor; labour
arrangement; preparations; search (by police)
to enclose; to impound; to cut off; to corral
pure heart; naivete; innocence
to expose; to lay open (e.g. secret); to take apart; to disassemble; to kill; to murder; to dress (meat)
to have (someone) by the short hairs; to have something on (someone)
it's OK to ...; it's best to ...; it's alright to ...
lightly rolling (of a small and round thing); pleasant, high-pitched sound (e.g. bell, young woman's laughter); changing frequently (e.g. conversation, plans); (occurring) in rapid succession (e.g. sumo wrestlers being defeated); roly-poly; chirp chirp (sound of insects); ribbit ribbit (sound of frogs)
your husband; her husband
captive; prisoner; victim (of love, etc.); slave (to one's lust, etc.)
par (in golf); equivalence; face value; parity
to begin; to set about; to start
sharply; harshly; stingingly
main battery; main armament
middle-aged man; Buddhist priest
thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words
calmness; composure; presence of mind; stability; steadiness
to get tired; to become exhausted; to become worn out; to become battered (from long use); to get tired of (doing); to get fed up with
joint party (e.g. by students from several colleges); combined party; mixer; two or more groups, esp. female and male students, combining for a party
to follow; to accompany; to cleave to; to join up with; to obey implicitly; to flatter
in respect of; in regards to; as for
to lend an ear; to hearken; to give an ear to; to listen carefully
to pay attention; to be watchful