to incline toward; to slant; to lurch; to go down (sun); to wane; to sink
dial (e.g. telephone, radio, clock, gauge)
pipe; tube; channels, official or otherwise; (business) connections; tobacco pipe
firm adherence to one's principles; chastity (of a woman)
reason; significance; cause; piece of information that one has heard; I hear that ...; it is said that ...
meeting face-to-face; seeing in person; facing (each other); opposing (traffic, etc.); confronting
partition; division; settlement of accounts; preliminary warm-up ritual; toeing the mark; directing
mistaking one person for another; (case of) mistaken identity
to be relieved; to feel relieved
chic; smart; understanding; considerate; familiar with worldly pleasures (esp. sexual relations, geisha districts and red-light districts)
quotient; dealing; dealer; second degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Shang dynasty (China, approx. 1600-1046 BCE); Yin dynasty
opening to the public; making available to the public; putting on display; exhibiting; showing (play, movie, etc.); holding (interview, etc.)
latch; clasp; catch; check; fastener
party (gathering, celebration, etc.); party (group, political, etc.)
loins; hips; pelvic region; waist
accident (caused by negligence); error; blunder; fault; defect
to be cut out for (e.g. a job); to be suited (to)
beyond; across; the other side; the distance
matter causing distress; something causing worry
to be completely changed (for the worse); to be transformed
temple bell rung 108 times on New Year's Eve
spelling; orthography; patching; binding
(not) so much; (not) that much
school education; formal education
counter for small animals; counter for rolls of cloth (two han in size); (arch.) counter for horses; roll of cloth
walking briskly; determinedly
to raise oneself up to one's full height; to strike a daunting pose
to this extent; to this degree; this much
to strain (oneself); to bear down; to exert oneself; to put on a bold front; to make a show of strength; to swagger
to be curious; to wonder; to marvel