endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint
self-satisfied look; triumphant look; smug face; shit-eating grin
to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip
to be needed; to be wanted
have to (verb); must (verb); is indispensable; absolutely necessary
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
flier; flyer; fryer; frier
somehow (or other); for some reason; without knowing why; something (or other); some ... or other
need; want; necessity; costs; expenses
examination; quiz; test; tryout; rehearsal (in filming)
modern Japanese; current written style
word; word; Word; Microsoft Word
humanities, social sciences, and fine arts; liberal arts
reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)
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birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times
even at the best of times; already; (even) under normal circumstances; in addition to; as it is
salon; saloon; sarong; saron (instrument)
underling; person of low standing; grunt; petty (work, official, etc.); minor; lowly
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
large sketchbook used during TV filming to notify the cast of special stage direction, relay messages, etc.; cue card; crib sheet; cheat sheet
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
question; inquiry; enquiry
to be reflected; to harmonize with (harmonise); to come out (photo); to be projected; to be displayed (on a screen)
limit; limits; degree; extent; the end; the last; as long as ...
good-looking guy; handsome man; hunk; Adonis; cool guy
roll (e.g. of cloth); winding (e.g. watch); volume (of book); speeding up; heel (of a Japanese sandal)
to weave within (hair, fabric, etc.); to braid
indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal
to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to open (for business, etc.); to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out
braid (hair, cord. etc.); plait