convenient; handy; useful
roughly; approximately; (cutting) in one stroke; (breaking apart) with vigour; (cutting) deeply; (splitting) wide open
colourless; colorless; achromatic; neutral (position); impartial
setting (someone) to work; employment; using; causative
characteristic; (distinctive) feature; peculiarity; spot color; spot colour
series; sequence; keiretsu (group); conglomeration of businesses linked by cross-shareholdings; affiliated; subsidiary
passing (an examination, inspection, etc.); pass (for admission, transport, etc.); ticket; pass (of a ball); pass (ceding one's turn); giving (something) a pass; pass (ceding one's turn after there are no more useful moves)
to do together; to put together; to lump together; to regard in the same light; to put in the same category; to arrange for (two people) to marry
classification by colour; sorting by color; color-coding; classification; sorting; grouping
to be born; to come into the world
tenacious; tough; enduring; dogged; headstrong; stubborn
primary colour; primary color; pure color; unmixed color; original color (of a painting, etc. as opposed to a reproduction)
weak-willed; lacking a purpose; lacking will power to be patient, purposeful, or resolute
temporary; transient; trifling; trivial; careless; perfunctory
self-sacrifice; self-renunciation
leadership competition; power struggle
to come out; to fall out; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear
upright; honest; faithful; conscientious; sincere
having had enough; flatly refusing; wouldn't do for anything; begging pardon
winners (those who have succeeded socially, economically, etc.)
supreme; sublime; highest
hard to deal with; hard to handle; difficult; trying; intractable; incorrigible
not straightforward; not dealt with by ordinary means; very hard to manage
it can't be helped; so it goes
(undesirable but) inseparable relationship
wandering; roaming; drifting
living thing; organism; creature; biology
extreme cold; intense cold; coldest season; midwinter
unconcerned (about); unbothered; unworried; easy; simple
clothes (esp. Western clothes); clothing; dress; counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, puffs of a cigarette, etc.
washing with cold water (without using soap, etc.)
to break into fragments; to go to pieces
servant; manservant; menial
washing; laundry; relaxation; rejuvenation; melting away (of worries, fatigue, etc.)
the public; the street (e.g. "word on the street"); street; district; location (e.g. of a battle); scene (e.g. of carnage)
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
to dance (orig. a hopping dance); to be manipulated; to dance to someone's tune