to ask a big favour; to ask unreasonable things; to be unreasonable
appropriate; suitable; fitting; apt; proper; right
pipe; tube; gun barrel; gun; cannon; well lining
baseball stadium; ballpark
underground; below the ground; world of the dead; the grave; underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret
what; how; what (a) ...!; how ...!; surprisingly; to my amazement
pillar; post; support; prop; counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.
consideration; taking into account
some people; a few people; several people
beautiful woman; (a) beauty
to look toward; to have one's eyes drawn towards something
aeroplane; airplane; aircraft
oblong; vertical writing style (e.g. on envelopes); portrait orientation
trunk; torso; plastron (in kendo); touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo); frame (of a drum, etc.); sound box (of a shamisen, etc.)
(on a) closer look; closer scrutiny; second look
adjective; i-adjective (in Japanese)
grace; refinement; elegance; daintiness
captive; prisoner; victim (of love, etc.); slave (to one's lust, etc.)
idol (esp. in the philosophy of Francis Bacon: idols of the tribe, cave, market, and theater)
to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate
reaction; recoil; kick; backlash
seeing through (a trick, someone's mind, etc.)
stone; jewel; precious stone; flint (in a lighter); stone (in go); stone (in the bladder, kidney etc.); calculus
to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy
affinity; compatibility; chemistry (between people)
endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint
immediately; instantly; with nary a pause; without a moment's delay
property; fortune; means; assets
belonging; ascription; attribution; reversion; return; restoration
throwing in; inserting; investment; commitment (of funds, personnel, etc.); launching (a product into the market); introduction
vertically segmented administrative system; overcompartmentalized bureaucracy; system in which interministerial rivalry diminishes overall efficiency; (bureaucratic) sectionalism; interministerial rivalry; bureaucratic fiefdoms
harmful effect; harmful influence; evil practice; abuse; malady
no concern of mine; nothing to do with me