to go to the bottom of an affair; to inquire into the origin
working one's way up; self-made person; veteran
hard problem; person hard to please; hard nut to crack
labor; labour; toil; trouble; pains; work
to sink; to go down; to pass away; to die; to disappear; to vanish
sharp (eyes, ears, etc.); keen; acute; sharp-witted; shrewd; clever
village; hamlet; countryside; country
thinly; slightly; vaguely; a little
mask; disguise; guise; mask
coming; going; being (somewhere); (please) come; go; stay
agreement; stipulation; contract
to change; to alter; to mistake; to make a mistake; to fail to keep (e.g. one's promise); to sprain (a muscle)
(Edo-period) chief minister
in respect of; in regard to; as for
from (this, here, etc.); since (this)
to reschedule; to recompose; to recross (one's legs); to reset
envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)
one's first campaign; one's first battle
sound; sure; safe; steady; firm
leader; leaders; dotted line; reader (textbook); reader (i.e. a person who reads); microreader
to coo at; to behave like a spoiled child; to snort; to sniff
one's habitual practice; usual measure; old trick
tip of an ear (of wheat, etc.); tip (of a brush, spear, etc.); point; spearhead
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
single horseman; wait for one tile to finish one's pair and one's hand; wait for half of one's pair with four melds completed
right; right-hand side; right hand; the above (in a piece of vertical writing); above-mentioned; the right (wing)
tight turn; adaptability; flexibility; maneuverability
inconvenience; inexpediency; unhandiness
to replace; to convert; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute (person, staff member, player, etc.)
speech; tongue; dialect; brogue; bento; Japanese box lunch; petal
hollow; mid-air; air; sky
idol (esp. in the philosophy of Francis Bacon: idols of the tribe, cave, market, and theater)
apron of a gun; cover for the touch-hole on a cannon or matchlock
to amass; to accumulate; to store; to leave unpaid
to gouge; to hollow out; to greatly perturb; to cause emotional pain; to get to the bottom of things; to relentlessly bring the truth to light
to take off; to jump; to take the plunge; to decide; to step out of the ring
heat shimmer; heat haze; shimmering of hot air
platoon commander; section commander