store; shop; establishment; restaurant
bone; frame; outline; core; backbone; spirit
taking; taker; last performer of the day (usu. the star performer); last performance of the day; active partner (e.g. in judo demonstration); emphatic or formal prefix
hard fight; close game; struggle; tight contest
if you think about it; come to think of it
somewhere; in some respects; in some way
to take lessons in; to be taught; to learn (from a teacher); to study (under a teacher); to get training in
to be taught; to learn; to take lessons in
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
but; however; provided that
system; lineage; ancestry; group (e.g. of colors) (colours); family (e.g. of languages); close (evolutionary) relationship
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
challenge; defiance; dare; attempt; try
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
quietly; softly; seriously; solemnly; sadly
first 17-syllable verse of a renga; haiku; first five-syllable line of a tanka
combination; assortment; matching (in a contest); pairing; combination
time; labour; payment (for labour); pay; tedious job; troublesome job
grasping (with one's bare hands); holding; grabbing; seizing; catching
bad mannered; naughty; misbehaving
vigorously (ripping, tearing, scratching, etc.); roughly; (eating) with a crunch; stiff; starchy; (working) hard
to gnaw; to nibble; to bite; to dabble in; to know a little bit about; to learn a little of
about; on; regarding; per; for every
to discuss; to talk together
still; yet; more; still more; furthermore; in addition
day after tomorrow; wrong (e.g. direction)
every year; yearly; annually
established practice; custom
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
extermination; elimination; renouncing worldly desires (in order to concentrate on Buddhist teachings); curing (an illness)
Sunday; nth day (of the month); counter for days; Japan
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
to change; to switch; to change over (to); to renew
marshland; wetland; swampland
mainly; primarily; mostly; largely; chiefly
to tear; to rip up; to cut up; to cleave; to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers); (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye