polite; courteous; careful; close; overly courteous; overly careful
book; volume; this; present; main; head
to combine; to join; to tie on; to attach with a knot; to bind (e.g. an address)
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
to carry off; to run away with; to sweep away; to take entirely for oneself; to monopolize
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
to take in one's hand; to pick up; to obtain
to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake
lament (song); elegy; dirge; Lamentations (book of the Bible)
to pretend not to see; to turn one's back on
at any rate; in any case; at the very least; if nothing else
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
deciding first; settling (a matter) first; first priority
plan; scheme; plot; design; project; intention
difference; distinction; discrepancy; mistake; error
distinction; differentiation; classification
just now; at this moment; at this point of time
other side; other party; other end (e.g. of phone connection); opposition
acquisition; obtaining; coming to hand
to be opposite; to face each other; to confront (an issue); to face
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
the (four) limbs; arms and legs
to throw down; to throw out; to abandon; to resign; to give freely; to give generously
facing; opposite; across the street; other side
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
even scale; equilibrium; balance; equalization; equalisation
to compete with; to argue with; to quarrel
deeply; keenly; severely; intently; carefully; closely
obstinate; stubborn; headstrong
superficial; apparent; seeming; surface; cosmetic
remains; corpse; (dead) body
to set out; to set sail; to embark on (a new venture); to set out (to achieve something); to begin to ride; to lean forward
to live; to reside; to inhabit
all one has; all one's possessions
ox carriage (for Heian era nobles); oxcart
traveller; traveler; wayfarer; tourist
to take an aggressive position; to stir up trouble
not feeling like doing ...; having no mind to ...; being in no mood for ...; indifferent; half-hearted; dispirited
at the most; at best; to the utmost; as much as possible; as much as one can
mark; guide; purpose; aim; sight (on a firearm)
obstruction; check; hindrance; prevention; impediment; interdiction
with a twitch (e.g. an eyebrow); with a dip; with a bob; with a flutter