moment; brief space of time
soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost
a (short) time; a while; one time (in the past); a period; (arch.) two-hour period
to put an end (to); to close the books (on)
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
saying "Ah!"; making one say "Ah!"; surprisingly; astonishingly
to watch steadily; to stare
mischief; prank; pastime; hobby; playing with (a lighter, etc.); fooling around with
to attach; to stick together; to place together; to put side-by-side; to make someone get married; to get someone hitched
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
flapping (of a flag, fan, etc.); fluttering; pitter-patter (of footsteps); quickly (making progress); in quick succession
to fan; to incite; to instigate
breakthrough; great discovery
even if not; even without
pulse; vein; chain (of mountains, etc.); hope; thread (of an argument)
May; fifth month of the lunar calendar
to go out (e.g. on an excursion or outing); to leave; to depart; to be about to leave; to be just going out
to force; to compel; to coerce; to press; to impose
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
as if to say; as much as to say; as though
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
general; admiral; head; chief; old chap; mate
setting the table; laying the table; setting up; getting one's ducks in a row; running interference
to reject; to spurn; to turn down; to refuse
omitting crucial steps; cutting corners; intentional negligence; tenuki; taking the initiative by ignoring the opponent's last move and playing somewhere else (in go)
possessed of a strong sense of duty
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
lovely; dear; beloved; pitiable; pitiful
to fill; to become full (of); to wax (of the moon); to rise (of the tide); to flow; to expire (of a period of time)
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
sorrow; grief; anguish; trouble; affliction; anxiety
correction; rectification; mending; repair
nothing but; none other than
grace (of God); benevolence (of Buddha); assistance; help; effects; influence
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
test; trial; probation; ordeal; tribulation