consent; assent; agreement; understanding; comprehension; grasp
by both oneself and others
bowl; vessel; container; ability; capacity; calibre
bureau; department; office (e.g. post, telephone); broadcasting station (e.g. television, radio); affair; situation
form; shape; figure; visage
an infinite variety of; multifarious; being extremely varied and wide-ranging
for example; for instance; e.g.
superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding
not necessarily so; is not always true
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to mislead; to misguide
depreciation; decline; fall; slump
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
to run counter to; to go against; to disobey; to infringe
authority; power; influence
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to fail to ...; to miss one's opportunity to ...
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
draining basket (traditionally made of bamboo); colander; something full of holes; zaru soba; strong drinker; someone who can drink like a fish
to be worth; to be worthy of; to deserve; to merit
number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.
feelings; emotion; compassion; sympathy; passion; affection
grim; stern; stark; heartless
reason; principle; general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon); (in neo-Confucianism) the underlying principles of the cosmos
mistake; error; discrepancy; discrepancy between one's actions and intentions
double; two-fold; diplo-; dipl-; double-edged eyelid; double eyelid
error; mistake; slip; bug
correction (of fault, defect, flaw, etc.); remedy; rectification; redress; reform
you have only to; all you have to (do); all that's required; as long as; if only
yours sincerely; respectfully yours
emperor (of Japan); mikado
nisei; second-generation Japanese (or Korean, etc.); the second (e.g. Edward II); son
generation; lifetime; the age; the day; the first (e.g. Elizabeth I); issei
random firing; reckless firing; excessive issue
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)
cane; walking stick; staff; wand
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
to have something on one's mind; to have (undisclosed) reservations; to feel conflicted
up through; up until; down to; from ... to ... (e.g. from head to toe); everything from ... to ...
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
to turn; to shift; to alter; to distract
by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
riding; ride; spread (of paints); -seater (e.g. two-seater); (getting into the) mood; (entering into the) spirit