new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (China, 9-23 CE)
headache inducing; vexing
to set one's hand to; to start work on; to embezzle; to use (money obtained in illegal fashion); to have sexual relations; to have an affair
tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony
one breath; time of one breath; pause; break; (doing in) one go; doing without stopping
to drink up; to drain (cup)
clearly; plainly; distinctly; to be clear; to be definite; to be certain
to be evasive; to give an evasive answer; to speak ambiguously; to prevaricate; to cook up a specious story to get out of an uncomfortable situation; to make do with
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
adjustment; regulation; coordination; reconciliation; tuning; fixing
front-facing; forward-looking; positive; constructive
consideration; examination; investigation; study; scrutiny; discussion
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
to look after; to take care of; to be put in charge of; to be given responsibility for; to withhold (an announcement); to reserve (judgment)
written request; request for ...; application for ...
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
when push comes to shove; when needed; when necessity arises; when the moment arrives
combination; union; incorporation; congruence
secret passage; underground passage; loophole; hole one can go through; opening
one way or the other; either way
to ward off (e.g. an attack); to fend off (e.g. a question); to elude; to evade; to dodge; to turn aside (e.g. a joke)
to get tired; to tire; to become worn out (of a well-used object); (arch.) to starve
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
idea; plan; draft; rough copy; expectation; (arch.) desk
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
deliberately; carefully; thoroughly; without rushing
safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction
returning alive; surviving; reaching the home plate
to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)
halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked
period of time; time slot; time zone
line; queue; procession; matrix
sparse; thin; scattered; straggling; sporadic
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
strict (e.g. security); heavy (e.g. guard); showy; pretentious; impressive; imposing
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
to pass (of time); to elapse
table; chart; list; memorial to an emperor
innumerable; countless; numberless
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
bulletin board; display board; notice board; electronic bulletin board; BBS