polish; improvement; burnishing
carving; engraving; chiselled features
to build up; to establish (one's reputation)
order; sequence; procedure
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
to distract a person's attention
how much; how many; however (much); no matter how; what matters is ...; it all comes down to ...
patience; forbearance; endurance; forgiveness; pardon
rope used to cordon off consecrated areas or as a talisman against evil; (arch.) cordoning off; (arch.) cordoning-off sign
tie up; bind; sum; total amount; judo choking (strangling) techniques; last meal eaten when going restaurant hopping; completion
dog (Canis (lupus) familiaris); squealer; rat; loser; asshole; counterfeit
sharp, loud rebuke; bark; roar; rebuke used in Zen to achieve enlightenment
to tear; to rip up; to cut up; to cleave; to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers); to spare (time, money, etc.)
coward; weakling; scaredy cat; wimp; sissy
after that (a substantive change occurred)
to swing one's arms greatly while walking; to act freely; to be brazen
playboy; libertine; (professional) gambler; person without a steady job; idler
to scatter; to cause a shower of; to disperse; to distribute; to resolve (a symptom, condition, etc.); to relieve
to seal (letter); to prevent; to forbid; to block
grinding of the teeth; involuntary nocturnal tooth grinding; bruxism; grinding one's teeth out of anger or vexation; gnashing one's teeth; gritting one's teeth
spirit; sprite; energy; vigor (vigour); fine details; semen
September; ninth month of the lunar calendar
October; tenth month of the lunar calendar
back (side); reverse; other side; inside; background; dark side (e.g. of society)
praise; tribute; inscription (on a painting)
writing; composition; essay; sentence
beginning writing (a draft); drafting
legend over a picture; inscription (legend, writing) on a painting
tiny amount of money; a penny; one letter; one character; one mon (unit of currency)
front; frontage; facade; main
(in) the shape of the character hachi (eight)
back of a stone monument; inscription on the back of a stone monument
offering an opinion (to a superior, the government, etc.); proposal; suggestion; advice
power; authority; jurisdiction
within the year; before the year is out
to be responsible for; to bear the responsibility of