sad to say; how sad; alas
offer; tender; providing; sponsoring (a TV program)
original; unique; distinctive; independent; one's own; personal
development; cultivation; application; exploitation (of resources)
enduring something out of pride; putting up with it; grinning and bearing it
to be able to manage somehow or other
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
to be congenial; to agree with one; to be in one's nature
check (pattern); plaid; check; inspection; check (mark); tick; checking (something) out
I'm off (and will be back later); see you later; to go (and then come back)
rough; casual (clothing); rough; rough (sketch); draft
light color; light colour
(formal) shirt; dress shirt; business shirt; button-up shirt
top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes; ruler and ruled
risky; dangerous; insecure
sidelong glance; short grain (paper); kanji "net" radical at top
haggardness; emaciation; wasting away; being tired out; being worn out; exhaustion
with a bonk; with a thump; with a klunk; with a rap
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
false accusation; trumped up-charge; pretext; statement that cannot be retracted; saying something one cannot take back
to deceive; to cheat; to falsify; to misrepresent; to evade (a question, taxes, etc.); to dodge
angry voice; one's voice when shouting with anger
body; physique; build; stature
so-so; passable; now, now; there, there; my, my; oh my!
to collect oneself; to cool off; to recover oneself
clear; obvious; evident; bright; light
to be overawed; to be overwhelmed; to be overcome; to be intimidated; to be daunted
container for boiled rice
sharp, loud rebuke; bark; roar; rebuke used in Zen to achieve enlightenment
to remonstrate; to admonish (someone) for; to advise (someone) not to; to warn against
sound (of a sentence); euphony; wordplay; play on words; pun
consideration; examination; investigation; study; scrutiny; discussion
wishes of a deceased person; dying wish
to render futile; to bring to naught; to waste; to not make good use of
different opinion; objection
to roll; to wheel; to turn over; to tip over; to leave; to buy and sell (quickly for a profit)
preference; priority; precedence; right of way
like this; this sort; this way
to rant and rave; to raise hell
to repent; to regret; to be sorry; to rue
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
to condemn; to blame; to urge; to press; to torture; to torment