managerial liability; executive responsibility; accountability
to reject; to spurn; to turn down; to refuse
one way or the other; either way
to make something look better; to put into (good, better) shape; to put up a front; to pose; to pretend
composition; piece of music; tune; melody; enjoyment; fun
intersection; crossing; crossroad; street corner; street
wrapped offering (of money)
hill; height; knoll; bonus points awarded to the winner at the end of a game
miscellaneous; mixed; unorganized
to shut in; to confine; to contain
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
manufacturing method; recipe; formula
hidden treasure; treasured article
secret method; secret process; secret formula; esoteric rituals (in Shingon Buddhism)
piece (scrap, bit, strip) of paper
potsherd; shard; fragment of pottery
grace; favor; favour; blessing; benefit
circulation (money, goods, etc.); distribution; circulation (air, water, etc.); ventilation; negotiable (e.g. shares); distributional
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
to fall fast asleep; to be confined to one's bed; to be laid up
in order; in turn; one by one
mimicking a bird or animal call; imitating a call or a sound
cutting a fingernail (or toenail) to the quick; cutting a nail too close; deep-set nail; deep-set part of nail
to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)
rate; ratio; profit; assignment; 10%; unit of ten percent; match
probability; likelihood; chances
good luck charm; uttered when using magic; abracadabra; presto
item; something that one "just has to have"
top hundred; hundred best
another; different; separate; discrete
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
to get an upset stomach; to have diarrhea
complicated and mysterious
speciality; specialty; subject of study; expert; area of expertise
starting late; late departure
to go around; to return; to surround; to concern (usu. of disputes)
wish; dream; prayer; one's desire
birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
deplorable; regrettable; disappointing; vexing; unfortunate
silence (not speaking); muteness
monologue; soliloquy; talking to oneself