passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
size; large and small (sizes); various sizes; daishō (matched pair of long and short swords); large and small drums; long months and short months; sic bo (Macao dice game)
of no interest; not interested
at once; immediately; right now
to glide; to slide (e.g. on skis); to fail (an examination); to bomb (when telling a joke); to drop; to go down
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
to do for (someone); to take in; to deceive; to hoodwink
irritation; annoyance; frustration
to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to
obstinate; stubborn; headstrong
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation
to tease; to banter; to make fun of (someone)
to fan (oneself, flames, etc.); to flap (in the wind); to instigate; to stir up; to drive up prices (by buying a large amount of something); to take a photo from a low angle; to tailgate
to begin to strike; to kick out; to forcefully expel; to hammer (pattern, etc.) into metal
joint; knuckle; tune; melody; knot (in wood); node in a bamboo stem
recognition; awareness; perception; understanding; knowledge; cognition
to search about for; to hunt around for; to look high and low for; to look everywhere for
feeling refreshed; feeling relieved; neat; tidy; frank; open-hearted; completely
having not the slightest idea
to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut
bulky; massive; thick; heavy
binding (of a book); design (of a book cover)
bookshelves; bookshelf; bookcase
to put back; to return; to vomit; to throw up; to recover (of a market price)
standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability
trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern
to be unable to let pass unnoticed; to be unable to be indifferent; to be unable to just watch (without doing anything)
to bother; to meddle; to poke one's nose (into another's business); to be too helpful
top of the foot; instep; dorsum of the foot; dorsum pedis
joke; pun; jest; smartly dressed; stylish; fashion-conscious
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
to deliver; to hand over; to transfer
to glance at; to look at; to scan; to run one's eyes over
letter (of alphabet); character; writing
using freely; making full use of; having a good command of; working (someone) hard; driving (someone) on
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
language learning ability; foreign language skills; linguistic ability