three; three years of age
four; four years of age; ten o'clock (old time system); Burakumin; cross grips
to overcome (opposition); to push past; to force one's way; to press and cut
wish; desire; hope; prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes
to do for (someone); to take in; to deceive; to hoodwink
shakudo; gold-copper alloy, often with a blue patina
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
ancient times; distant past; antiquity
purple; violet; Lithospermum erythrorhizon (species of gromwell); type of soy sauce
eye; insight; vision; gist; main point; hole
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
young girl; lass; adolescent female
regrettable; disappointing; precious; dear; too good for; deserving better
to put to use; to make good use of; to exploit
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
such (about the actions of the listener, or about ideas expressed or understood by the listener); like that; that sort of
tyranny; abuse of power; violence (e.g. of a storm)
to shorten the distance (between); to close the gap (e.g. on the leader); to get closer (e.g. to someone); to close in (on)
range (of a rifle, missile, etc.)
to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into; to raid; to come to grips with; to get to the core of
that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you
gate; branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master; division; phylum; counter for cannons
to rearrange (classes); to recompose; to reset; to recombine (genes)
to become speechless; to be at a loss for words
to press for an answer; to shower questions on someone
grandfather (may be used after name as honorific); male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific)
personality; character; individuality; personhood
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence
to face (each other); to be facing; to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to receive (a client, etc.); to compare with
base (of a plant, tree, pillar, etc.); (part near the) root; roots (of one's hair); root (e.g. of a problem); source
remodeling; remodelling; restructuring; modding
difficult to imagine; quite unlikely to; very doubtful; would not expect
to be very far apart from; to be remote; to be quite different from
criterion; standard; yardstick; rough estimate; approximation
nonsensical; unreasonable; awfully; extremely; disorder; confusion
violence; oppression; high-handedness; tyranny; despotism
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
selfishness; egotism; egoism; (being) self-centered; without consulting; (doing) as one pleases
when it becomes; when it comes to
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger