sharing with others what has been given to you; sharing a portion of the profit with others
life-size; life-sized; true-to-life; faithful (depiction); realistic
power; authority; influence
to pinch; to hold (between one's fingers); to pick up and eat; to snack on; to pick out (the main point); to summarize
Welsh onion (Allium fistulosum); green onion; spring onion
to cool (e.g. from a high temperature to room temperature); to let cool; to dampen; to throw a damper on; to spoil
shumai; shaomai; steamed meat dumpling (Chinese-style)
serving concurrently as; holding the additional post of
to get carried away; to get overly elated; to become over-excited; to get up to speed; to move into gear
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
to install (a king, emperor, etc.); to appoint (to a post); to promote; to assign (to study under)
secret manoeuvres (maneuvers); operating behind the scenes
backward glance; sidelong glance; faceless ghost with an eye in its rump
rate; ratio; comparatively; contrary to expectations
to take off; to jump; to take the plunge; to decide; to step out of the ring
to grow up; to become an adult
good and evil; purity and impurity; voiced and unvoiced consonants
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with
coolness; calmness; composure; all right; fine; OK
ghastliness; dreadfulness; grimness; intimidation; menace; threat
flexible; lithe; soft; pliable
for better or worse; for good or for evil
imprisonment; incarceration
not taking the slightest notice (of); not giving the slightest consideration (to); paying absolutely no attention (to)
ironclad rule; inviolable rule; invariable principle; iron law
lapis lazuli; lapis lazuli (color); beryl; mall blue passerine bird (esp. the blue-and-white flycatcher and the Siberian blue robin, but also the red-flanked bluetail); glass
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)
to bring; to take (something) along; to fetch; to get
car; automobile; vehicle; wheel
one machine; one aircraft; one life
yellow; high-pitched (voice); shrill
to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt
number two; mistress; concubine
to see (a doctor, etc.); to consult (someone)
to master (a skill); proprietor; manager; leader; chief; master (of arts, science, etc.); master (recording)
thump-thump; bang-bang; pit-a-pat; to beat fast (of one's heart); to throb; to pound
to bend; to flutter; to wave; to yield to; to be swayed by; to bow to
national language; Japanese language (often as a school subject in Japan); native Japanese words (as opposed to loanwords)
change; conversion; transformation; transformation