to curry favour (with); to play up (to); to cozy up (to); to butter up
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
to incur someone's enmity
(in) secrecy; behind closed doors
to carry; to transport; to come; to go; to use (a brush, chopsticks, etc.); to move
group; faction; (political) faction; wing; school (of thought, painting, etc.); sect
offering (e.g. to the gods); votive offering
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
hound; hunting dog; running dog; dupe; tool of another person
suffix for familiar person
oh; oh my; oh dear; well, ...; er ...; why, ...
extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more
soon; before long; slowly; quietly; already; about time
to awaken; to arouse from sleep; to bring to one's senses; to disabuse (someone of); to sober up
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
flour; meal; powder; heroin
to handle well; to handle deftly; to deal with; to manage; to prepare (meat or fish) for cooking; to dress (meat, etc.)
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
unfortunately; sorry, but ...
to pass (of time); to elapse
flattery; cajolery; flirtation
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
candidate; contender; prospect; candidacy; candidature; nomination
splendid; nice; sufficient; satisfactory; not needing (any more of something); (already) having enough
regular; normal; formal; legal; established; legitimate
procedure; process; proceedings; formalities
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
reason; cause; history; origin
Mr; Mrs; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
one swing; one shake (e.g. of pepper); one sword
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
all that one has; all that there is; the whole
to cut off and throw away; to abandon; to disregard; to discard (numbers after a certain decimal place); to drop; to cut (someone) down
to take part in; to be a party to; to side with; to support; to agree with
(social) position; status; standing; position (in a company, organization, etc.); post; rank
security; stability; safety; peace