yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
hard-to-do; difficult; tough; awkward; tricky
height; stature; length (esp. of clothing); all (one has); everything; magnificence (of a waka poem, etc.)
to summon courage; to be brave
confidence; trust; faith; credit (finance)
to be profitable; to yield a profit
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
obvious; clear; plain; evident; apparent; explicit
book; volume; this; present; main; head
recklessness; rashness; foolhardiness; temerity; (lit.) without watching where one is going
pretension; conceit; hubris
the people; the public; the world
to flatter; to soft-soap; to sweet talk; to cajole; to instigate
good luck; fortune; happiness; harvest; yield
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
difficult to ...; hard to ...
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
one's own strength or effort; (by) oneself
manly; sportsmanlike; pure (heart, actions, etc.); upright; (arch.) unsullied (e.g. scenery or object); (arch.) pure
to commit seppuku; to commit harakiri; to take responsibility (and resign); (arch.) to laugh until one splits one's side
to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something
anyhow; in any case; at any rate; at best; at most
rail (track); (curtain) rail; track (for a sliding door); groundwork; spadework
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
soil; breeding ground; fertile ground (for); foundation (for the development of ...)
groping (for); fumbling around (for); searching (for an answer, solution, etc.); trying to find
everywhere; at every turn
our country; our land; one's own country
finely chopped fish or meat (sometimes seared first); mince; hitting (e.g. a drum); striking; bashing; criticizing
fraud; trickery; hoax; surely; absolutely; certainly
hoop (of a barrel, bucket, etc.)
without change; as is; just like; extremely similar; immediately; just after
import; importation; introduction; afferent
form; shape; state; condition; letter; correspondence
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
nonexistent; nil; none; nothing (at all); bugger-all
indicates concession or compromise; indicates permission