letter breaking off with someone; Dear John letter
wasted effort; fruitless effort; vain efforts
to search about for; to hunt around for; to look high and low for; to look everywhere for
to congratulate; to wish (someone) well; to celebrate
June; sixth month of the lunar calendar
to search for; to seek for; to look for
lost property; something dropped and left behind; dropping something (without realising); losing something
schoolyard; school playground; school grounds; campus
safely; without incident; without mishap; in peace; peacefully; quietly
application (of a rule, law, method, etc.)
a drop in the bucket; a drop in the ocean; pointless exercise; waste of time; (something that is) too little, too late; (lit.) (pouring) water on a hot stone
memo; memorandum; note; (diplomatic) memorandum
writing; composition; essay; sentence
counter for thin, flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper, plates, coins); counter for portions of gyōza or soba; counter for ranks; counter for wrestlers of a particular rank; counter for fields or rice paddies; counter for palanquin bearers
making an attempt; trial run
creation; formation; foundation; establishment
free; unrestricted; (with) complete mastery; completely in control
(sports) ground; (playing) field; playground; stadium
corridor; gallery; hallway; cloister (i.e. covered walk typically circling a building or garden, esp. in a palace or place of worship)
trackless; reckless; dissipated
giving something a try because it will not do any harm
it doesn't matter what; anything is fine
to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on
cannot be helped; unavoidable
to flatter; to curry favour (with); to play up (to); to toady (to); to fawn (on)
to hate the very sight (of); to hold a grudge (against); to treat (someone) like an enemy; to bear constant enmity (towards); to be gunning for; to have it in for
rearing from infancy; training from an early age (e.g. an apprentice); teaching from an early stage (e.g. a subordinate)
to be affected by another's misfortune; to get caught up in trouble not of one's own making
whitewashing; glossing over; lip service; (arch.) deftly finishing up; (arch.) putting on the final touches
fight fire with fire; set a thief to catch a thief; fight one evil with another
path of righteousness; path of duty; right track; correct path
last words recited to the newly departed; requiem; converting people to Buddhism
to settle a matter; to get even with someone
stupid; dim-witted; dense; dull; obtuse; slow
of no concern at all; I couldn't care less; no skin off my nose
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
preliminary announcement; previous announcement; portent; sign; forewarning
destruction; annihilation; extermination
harmony; accord; reconciliation; agreement
block (solid piece of material); chunk (e.g. of meat); concrete block; (interlocking) toy blocks; (printing) block; block (area of a city); blocking (e.g. the way)