refinement; elegance; grace
honorific; term of respect; polite expression; honorific language
to talk; to chat; to chatter
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
pardon; forgiveness; forbearance
relaxed; easygoing; leisurely; nonchalant (during an emergency); unconcerned; unperturbed
to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post); to be delivered
to pick up; to adopt (e.g. a proposal); to accept; to take away; to confiscate; to deliver (a baby)
sharp (blade); pointed; sharp (pain); stabbing; perceptive; keen
reprimand; rebuke; reproach; scolding
right hand; right-hand side; right-hand direction; (on) the right
scripture; passage from scripture
mark; sign; symbol; emblem; badge; crest
obstinate; stubborn; mulish; die-hard; bigoted
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
stand; rack; support; holder; counter for machines, incl. vehicles; setting (e.g. in jewellery); level (e.g. price level)
in; on; at (place); as for; regarding
earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)
tap-tap; knock-knock; cough-cough; bark (of a fox); yelp; heavily (e.g. of snow falling)
outline; summary; overview; synopsis; abstract; abridgment
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
people; (all) persons; you (usu. plural); various
later; afterwards; future; after one's death; (arch.) descendant
moving forward (e.g. vehicle); onward movement; advance (work, procedure, etc.); advancement; progress (of a disease); disease progression
judicial affairs; clerical duty (in a temple)
(private) secretary; treasured book; secret book
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
tuck (clothing, sewing); tuck (diving, gymnastics)
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
to devote oneself; to do one thing exclusively; to make a job of; to decide to
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
program director; programme director; facilitator; steering committee (chair)
manner of speaking; verbal argument; objection; protesting a decision (esp. that of a sumo referee); rumor; rumour
double; twice (as much); times (as much); -fold; 1-nth; 1 to n
three times (as much); treble; triple; threefold
flowery words; rhetorical flourishes
going around in circles; circling a temple; roll-call vote
to be fed up (with); to be tired (of); to be stumped; to be nonplussed; to wince; to shrink back
bureaucrat; government official; bureaucracy