patience; perseverance; persistence; tenacity; energy
still more; even more; all the more; still less; even less
mincing; cutting; rapping (a percussion instrument); beating; shredded tobacco; interval
loyalty; devotion; fidelity; inspector of the Imperial Prosecuting and Investigating Office (ritsuryo system)
love; affection; attachment; craving; agape; Ireland
condolence; regret; tribute; sorrow; sympathy; lament
flat; even; level; plain (speech, etc.); simple
to pile up; to make a heap; to lay (e.g. bricks); to acquire (e.g. experience); to build (a reputation)
chorus; singing in a chorus
uneasiness; vague apprehension; premonition
urgency; exigency; emergency
news; word; tidings; omen
to concern; to be related
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
bolt from the blue; great surprise
to make one's own; to take possession of
three (long cylindrical things); three-of-a-kind (in a dealt hand)
apprehensions; misgivings; uneasiness; anxiety; fear
to snatch (and run); to carry off; to swipe; to scoop up (and remove; sand, earth, etc.)
urgent; pressing; immediate; urgently; promptly; at once
direction; way; point of the compass; cardinal direction; method; means
absence; disregard; indifference
to tailor; to make (clothing); to train; to bring up; to make it seem like; to pass off
to deepen; to heighten; to intensify
early morning; early hours; early in the morning
the point just before; the point of doing; the verge of happening
active; dynamic; energetic
(suffering) damage; injury; harm
letter; note; epistle; correspondence
to lead; to spearhead (a group); to command (troops)
wall with exposed timber pillars
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
family; clan; sect; school; group of related sumo stables
to encamp; to take up a position
to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)
(carrying) close to one's person; next to the skin
to carry around; to carry on one's person
space on a page (e.g. in a newspaper); surface of paper; letter; writings
to paint over; to paint out; to fill in; to cover completely (with paint)