extinction (e.g. of a family); dying out; discontinuation; severance (e.g. of relations); rupture; breaking off
to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert
both countries; Ryōgoku (area of Tokyo)
like cats and dogs; (on) very bad terms; (lit.) relationship of dogs and monkeys
-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; man; person
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
to look down (on); to condescend (to)
to put on airs; to be pretentious; to window-dress; to pretend
to stand (something) up; to put upright; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to let out; to raise (a cloud of dust, smoke, etc.)
frivolity; levity; shallowness; superficiality
banter; raillery; ridicule; teasing; making fun of
to join hands; to join forces; to work in cooperation; to link up; to partner with
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
going backward; turning back; backtracking; regression; retrogression; relapse
to stay on; to remain; to hold out; to stop (doing); to give up
to be harmful to; to hinder; to interfere with; to irritate
key; mode (in gagaku); time; tempo; meter (of a poem); metre; style
slight movement; slight tremor; quiver
evil eye; magical eye; eye with supernatural powers
blindness; blind (e.g. love, faith); reckless
smell; scent; aura; whiff; faint, mist-like pattern along the temper line of a Japanese sword
amount of drink; one's drinking capacity
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
unclear; indistinct; obscure; opaque; inarticulate; dim
place; point; part; counter for places, parts, passages, etc.
unmistakable; evident; obvious; certain; beyond doubt
prizing; valuing highly; esteeming
acquisition; obtaining; procurement; getting (hold of)
speciality; specialty; special subject of study; sole interest; single focus; concentrating exclusively on
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
to take in one's hand; to pick up; to obtain
blank space (in a document); blank; void; whitespace
department (in an organization, company, etc.); division; club (at a school, university, etc.); team; part; portion
letter (of an alphabet); character; writing
to fill in (field, entry, etc.); to fill out (form); to post a message (e.g. on a bulletin-board); to store; to write (data); to flash
to wait for one's punishment; to wait before one gets what's coming to one; (lit.) to wash one's neck and wait (i.e. for one's beheading)
work (e.g. of art); piece; harvest; crop; technique