to carry around; to carry on one's person
feature; trait; characteristic; peculiarity; distinction
(one's) superior; (one's) boss; the higher-ups
that gentleman; that lady; he; she
unsatisfying; disappointing; abrupt; not enough; too quick; too short
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides with; supporting; standing by
presence of other people; (in) public; (in) front of others
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
smooth (of a surface); glassy; smooth (of an action, proceedings, etc.); fluent (speech); continuously differentiable
to keep one's mouth shut; to refuse to talk
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
cannibalism (in animals); feeding on each other; mutually harmful competition; internecine struggle; dog-eat-dog competition
to plant; to transplant; to instil (idea, feeling, etc.)
person with a lot of experience; old hand; veteran (in a particular field)
nonsensical; unreasonable; awfully; extremely; disorder; confusion
possible; likely; probable
not yet known; unknown; strange
indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
having a headache; racking one's brains; troubling over something
nausea; sickness in the stomach
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
symptoms; condition (of a patient)
unwell; in a bad state; not working properly; out of order; inconvenient; troublesome
one's normal condition; one's usual state; keynote (esp. shamisen); proper key
underground; subterranean
rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)
to be gouged; to be hollowed; to become hollow
divide into four pieces; one fourth
intricate; elaborate; complicated; complex
killing two birds with one stone
to ingest; to eat; to enter the mouth; to be able to eat
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
to cut up; to cleave; to spare (time, money, etc.); to use part of something; (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye
to express (orally); to put into words; to say out loud
calmly; quietly; gently; be quiet!
person who has escaped death; failed suicide; person who has outlived their time; dotard; doddering old man
My goodness (expresses surprise, wonder, etc.); very; extremely
thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow
convenient; favorable; favourable; expedient; expedience
good-for-nothing; worthless
to dodge; to evade; to avoid; to sidestep
easy to deal with; tractable; manageable