to choose one's words (with care); to be careful with one's words
one more time; once more; once again
measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)
payment; bill; sweeping; clearing away; sweeping stroke (e.g. when writing kanji)
prayer; grace (at meals); exorcism
exorcism; ceremonial cleansing from evil influence; exorcism performed door to door, in exchange for beans and money (on the night of New Year's Eve or Setsubun)
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
to determine (esp. a culprit or underlying cause); to pin down; to ascertain; (arch.) to stab to death
dealing with; coping with
to let (someone) swim; to make (someone) swim; to make (someone) stumble forward; to make stagger; to let (a suspect) roam freely (while monitoring them); to leave at large
extermination; elimination; renouncing worldly desires (in order to concentrate on Buddhist teachings); curing (an illness)
to endeavor (to do); to endeavour; to try hard; to work hard; to strive; to make an effort
serious; earnest; sober; honest; sincere
offer; tender; providing; sponsoring (a TV program)
hostility; animosity; enmity
naked; bare; uncovered; frank; open; blunt
to go underground; to go into hiding
speciality; specialty; special subject of study; sole interest; single focus; concentrating exclusively on
soundly (sleeping); fast (asleep)
to sleep like a log; to sleep deeply
to wake up; to awake; to perk up; to awaken (to the truth, etc.); to come to a realization; to come to one's senses
to put to bed; to let sleep; to lay (something) down; to put on its side; to let (money, goods, etc.) lie idle; to set aside unused
one breath; time of one breath; pause; break; (doing in) one go; doing without stopping
shh!; shush!; hush!; shoo!; scram!
to conceive; to become pregnant; to get filled with (e.g. sails filled with wind); to be swollen with; to contain (a contradiction, danger, etc.); to carry (a problem, consequences, etc.)
long ago; a long time ago; already
to be dying; to be about to die; to be close to death
love; affection; attachment; craving; agape; Ireland
to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)
single-lens reflex camera; SLR
spirit photography; ghost photography
contribution (to a newspaper, magazine, etc.); submission; post (on a blog, social media, etc.)
noisy; boisterous; turbulent (era, etc.); troubled
home; household; family; hearth
to recognize (by sound); to identify; to differentiate (voices, sounds, etc.); to (listen and) understand; to listen to reason; to be reasonable
to swell; to expand; to inflate; to bulge
to walk with; to make someone tag along; to carry around (esp. a child); to carry about
a great deal; very much; a lot; (arch.) with a great amount of effort