to form; to make; to build up (e.g. a fortune); to create; to accomplish; to achieve; to change (into)
karma; result of one's karma; fate; uncontrollable temper
alphabet; ABCs; the ABCs (of); basics; activity-based costing; ABC
Agatha Christie (English novelist; 1890-1976)
half in doubt; half-convinced; dubious; incredulous
awamori; strong Okinawan liquor distilled from rice or millet
ignoring; looking the other way; passing through; going through; leaving a passing ball for a teammate (in soccer); letting the ball go past
sudden and unexpected; coming out of nowhere; out of the blue
out of character; unlike one
to emphasize; to state emphatically; to speak loudly about; to raise one's voice; to lift one's voice
five characters; five letters; five-syllable verse of a waka, haiku, renga, etc.; first five syllables of a waka, haiku, renga, etc.
the eight legions (devas, nagas, yaksas, gandharvas, asuras, garudas, kimnaras, mahoragas)
to speak badly (of); to speak ill (of); to bad-mouth
skipping out; cutting class; truancy; procrastination
fat; fatty; grand; magnificent; excellent
nth son; lang; official title in ancient China; (arch.) man; (arch.) young man; (arch.) my husband
lazybones; good-for-nothing; idler; slacker; loafer
lion; left-hand (stone) guardian lion-dog at a Shinto shrine
Labor Thanksgiving Day (national holiday; November 23)
raising (a question); posing (a problem); instituting (a lawsuit); lodging; (arch.) lifting up
one's own strength; one's own efforts; self-salvation
seedling; young plant; rice seedling
to bear fruit; to ripen; to produce (good) results; to show results; to bear fruit
many times over; often; repeatedly; time after time
to give an answer; to find an answer to a question; to work out a solution
to be clear-headed; to be brainy
stone (of a fruit); pit; core (of an organization, team, etc.); nucleus; nuclear weapons; nucleus (of an atom); nucleus (of a cell)
warm; mild; (pleasantly) hot; considerate; kind; genial
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to leverage (skills, attributes, experience, etc.); to restore (a deleted passage; in proofreading)
incessant; constant; continuous; perpetual; everlasting
teaching; instruction; teachings; precept; lesson; doctrine
to make a splash; to evoke a response; to meet with a reaction
having done that; if that is done; if it is done in that way
luxury; extravagance; to live in luxury; to indulge oneself; lavish (use of something); abundant
origin; source; basis; base; cause; (raw) material; ingredient
slip of the tongue; misstatement; verbal slip-up
audacious; daring; bold; throaty (voice); rough; deep
during a telephone call; busy line
autograph; signature; sign; signal; indication
to go through; to pass through; to get through; to cut across
to run out (e.g. of the room)