readiness; preparedness; resolution; resignation
to steam (food, towel, etc.); to be hot and humid; to be sultry
to taper to a point; to become pointed; to become sharp; to look displeased; to look sour; to be on edge
in turns; in series; in number order; by rotation
one more time; once more; once again
explanation; commentary; exposition; elucidation
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
only; merely; just; at most; no more than
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
kanji "fire" radical at bottom (radical 86)
beginning; outset; first; onset
to do over again; to redo; to start over; to remake; to resume; to recommence
scattered; disperse; loose; disconnected; in pieces; in drops
wish; dream; prayer; one's desire
pulpy; soppy; sloppy; untidy; in a disarray
to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)
directionality; directivity
contortion; distortion; warp; kink (in one's character); twist
strength; intensity; strong (e.g. glasses); powerful (e.g. lens); intense (e.g. fear)
extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more
special characteristic; special quality; trait; idiosyncrasy; peculiarity
to clear away; to remove; to demolish
pure; innocent; pure; unmixed; long kimono made from the same plain-coloured cloth
to rearrange (classes); to recompose; to reset; to recombine (genes)
complete picture; panorama; what it all adds up to; bird's eye view; all-embracing portrait; overall perspective
to be reminded of; to call to mind
to concentrate one's effort (on something)
process; course; mechanism
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
to that extent; accordingly; that being the case; that state; that condition
avarice; greed; covetousness; raga (desire)
to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
chewing; mastication; digestion (e.g. of words); assimilation; comprehension
attitude; manner; behaviour; attitude (towards an issue, etc.); position; stance
one copy (of a book, magazine, etc.); one volume
to read (a text) from start to finish; to transliterate classical Chinese into Japanese
rote memorization (memorisation); rote learning; indiscriminate memorizing (memorising)
difficult to understand; unintelligible; abstruse
teaching; instruction; teachings; precept; lesson; doctrine
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
establishment; settlement