incompetent; have no merit
to have (esp. sex, food, etc.)
stationing (troops); occupancy
to serve out one's apprenticeship; to serve out one's time
to hate each other; to hate mutually
habit; behavior; behaviour; trait
credit; money owed on an account; bill; hot noodles in broth; proportion (of wholesale price, as tenths of list price); in the midst of; rest
standoffishly; primly; pungently (of a smell); acridly; long and pointed (e.g. of a nose); popping (of ears)
invisible; unseen; vague; mysterious; imaginary
four-eyed; pattern of four squares
circulation; dissemination
in succession; one after another
to become tense; to become serious; to become sober; sobering; bracing
border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region
seeing things in a favourable light (favorable)
dishonor; dishonour; disgrace; shame
not knowing when to let go (give up, etc.); unwilling to resign; having lingering attachment; regretful
to blow through; to blow across
extinction; discontinuation; severance; rupture; to become extinct; to cease to exist
to be violated; to be corrupted; to be polluted; to be stained
to wash clean; to cleanse
protegee; someone who one considers as a younger sister
section (i.e. of text); sentence; phrase; verse (of 5 or 7 mora in Japanese poetry; of 4, 5, or 7 characters in Chinese poetry); haiku; first 17 morae of a renga, etc.
heathen; heretic; pagan; nonconformist; freethinker; iconoclast
to present; to dedicate; to obey; to follow; to proudly bear
to not match well (e.g. at the seams); to not mesh properly (of gears); to differ (e.g. of opinions); to clash; to be in conflict (e.g. with the facts)
horrible; deadly; punishing; murderous
head (chief, director) of a section or department; head of a (school) club; head of a (school) team
between-season wear; spring and autumn clothing; together; condition; situation; -ish
to be in the firing line; to bear the brunt of (an attack, criticism, etc.); to face (e.g. questioning)
to invite in; to show someone in
to speak badly (of); to speak ill (of); to bad-mouth
(outward) appearance; (proper) format (e.g. of an essay); form; appearances; decency; lip-service
sparing a life; clemency; reconsideration of an employee's dismissal
entreaty; appeal; petition
noisily (crowd of people talking); clamorously; in a hubbub; jabberingly; chatteringly; buzzingly
being extremely busy; being swamped with work
final coat (of paint, plaster, varnish, etc.); finish; glazing; adding more of the same (of something negative, e.g. shame)