spell; charm; incantation; magic word
to recite; to chant; to cry; to yell; to advocate; to advance
request; favor; favour; reliance; dependence; trust
he; she; this; this one; Hey, you!; You bastard!
to hesitate; to hold back; to be reluctant; to be unwilling; to have loose painful bowel movement; to suffer from tenesmus
legal; lawful; legitimate; law-abiding; in order
dropping; losing; missing item; something one forgot to write down; trap; wooden protrusion from a Japanese door frame that fits a hole in the threshold, acting as a lock when closed; conclusion (of a speech, etc.)
to distribute; to hand out; to deliver; to allot; to allocate; to place (staff, soldiers, etc.)
to scorn; to despise; to hold in contempt; to look down on; to disdain
to grovel; to go down on one's hands and knees
balance of power (in a relationship); power dynamic
clearly; plainly; distinctly; to be clear; to be definite; to be certain
to instigate; to tempt; to entice; to incite
art; technique; means; way; trick; trap
several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
neighbour to the left (person, building, etc.)
counterclockwise; anti-clockwise
last place; lowest position; lowest rank; least significant (bit); lowest order
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
absorption; giving undivided attention; devoting oneself (to)
selling or divesting in unwanted stocks; hiding bad loans
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
denotes uncertainty; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; A and B and the like
end; finish; bounds; limits; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
hard (life); tough (world)
reduced drawing; miniature copy; microcosm; microcosmos
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
in turns; in series; in number order; by rotation
one thin flat object; one sheet
to come off; to slip down; to slip off
AD; Anno Domini; assistant director (movie, etc.)
part; part-timer; part-time (work)
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
quickly; calmly; intently
counter for books; volume
under one's arm; (in) the armpit
to come and see (someone, something); to visit