to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence
leader; reader; reading book; reader (i.e. someone who reads); microreader; dotted line (in printing)
battle formation; camp; encampment; group; gang; war
search; lookup; hunt; (item of) research; exploration; investigation
decision; settlement; definition
(one's) inner voice; voice of one's heart; what one really thinks
to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone
after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.
paying back in installments (instalments); amortization plan (amortisation); gradual demolition; gradual erosion; gradual dismantlement
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
several years; a few years
confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging
(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
dealing with; coping with
to smash up; to defeat crushingly
complaint; quibble; niggle; finding fault; false accusation
selfishness; egotism; egoism; egocentricity
narcissism; self-absorption; self-intoxication
intracerebral; inside the brain; (occurring) in the mind; mental (e.g. image); imaginary
change; conversion; transformation; transformation
acting rashly; running wildly; runaway (process); reckless baserunning
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
total darkness; pitch dark; bleak future; poor prospects
to shine on; to illuminate; to compare (with); to refer to
structure; construction; arrangement; plan; plot; contrivance
magical powers; supernatural powers; spell; charm
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
to push; to press; to apply pressure from above; to press down; to stamp (i.e. a passport); to apply a seal; to affix (e.g. gold leaf)
lighting (a lamp); turning on a light
surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency
to take advantage (e.g. of a weak situation); to size up (e.g. customer when setting a high price)
rail car (esp. a small one used in mines, logging, etc.); trolley; tram
rail (track); (curtain) rail; track (for a sliding door); groundwork; spadework
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
how; in what way; by what means
Hotei; Budai; god of contentment, depicted as a pot-bellied monk who carries a large cloth bag on his back
item; something that one "just has to have"
bag; sack; skin of an orange (and other like fruits); dead end; plot of land surrounded by water
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
labor; labour; manpower; working force
to carry out (of somewhere); to transport; to take out