technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
thoughtlessly; rashly; unwisely; halfway; half-done; incomplete
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
with all one's strength; with all one's might
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)
rough; crude; sloppy; miscellaneous
condition; assumption; intention; intent; premise (in logic)
in; on; at (place); as for; regarding
weak point; weakness; shortcoming; defect; flaw; sore spot
relatives; one's family; friends; members of the same organization; followers; henchmen
to house; to contain; to carry (a baby); to be pregnant; (arch.) to give lodging to; (arch.) to accommodate
unfinished; unripe; unfermented narezushi; unfermented brine-pickled sushi; noh mask with slightly protruding horns and frizzy hair (representing a woman on her way to becoming a hannya)
to be mixed; to be blended with; to be combined; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
meaning; significance; sense
exceedingly; extremely; decisively
nature; property; disposition
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
to give (time, money, goods); to donate; to do; to perform; to apply (processing, makeup, etc.); to add (e.g. ornamentation, annotation)
use; utilization; utilisation; application
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
limited; limiting; restrictive
to remove; to take off; to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
to strengthen; to emphasize; to emphasise
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
beginning; outset; first; onset
knack; skill; bone; skeleton; cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
to comfort; to console; to amuse
near; close; beside; third person
agreement; consent; same opinion; same view; same meaning
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago
purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not
to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation