to bake (a design onto ceramic); to fire (on); to burn into (one's memory); to sear into; to print (from a negative); to brand; to fuse together (metals)
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
glitter; glimmer; sparkle; twinkle; twinkling; glistening
to put away; to stow away; to tuck away; to hoard
to cross; to go across; to go through; to cut across
mark; sign; (arch.) plain wood showing the seating order of officials at court; (arch.) nameplate
tiny amount of money; a penny; one letter; one character; one mon (unit of currency)
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather
to put oneself on guard; to stand ready; to square off
handwriting; handwritten; hand-drawn; hand-painted
digitization; digitalization
command; direction; supervision; conducting (an orchestra, choir, etc.)
note left by a dead person; suicide note; testamentary letter; posthumous work
to spin; to make yarn; to spin (a tale); to assemble (e.g. words); to put together
writing; composition; essay; sentence
literary style; form of (written) language (e.g. classical, modern)
to be attacked by a disease
to coil around; to follow about; to be related to; to concern; to be associated with
there is no need to ...; it should hardly be necessary to ...
opening (a letter, parcel, etc.); breaking the seal; unboxing (a product); unsealed mail
to leave (a note, will, etc.) behind; to leave (a manuscript, etc.) unfinished; to leave half-written; to forget to write; to leave out
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
disorder; disturbance; unrest
awareness; realization; noticing
essential; important; crucial; vital; main
irrefutable evidence; smoking gun; solid evidence; incontestable proof; dead giveaway
can't help; won't make much difference
guidepost; signpost; guide; manual; tiger beetle (esp. the Japanese tiger beetle, Cicindela japonica)
white paper; flyleaf; blank paper; clean slate; lack of prior opinion, positions, etc.; scratch
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
gift; premium; prize (lottery drawing, pachinko, etc.); party favor (favour)
form (as opposed to substance); format; form; formality; form; mode
file (for holding papers); file (collection of documents); filing; file
preservation; conservation; storage; save (to storage)
a kind; a sort; of sorts; something of a; sort of; somewhat
circulation; rotation; cycle; loop
unusual occurrence; variation; mutation
spread (e.g. of a disease); rampancy; infestation; proliferation; being widespread
accidental; incidental; occasional; casual
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
thousand years; millennium; (fig.) long time