to perceive; to sense; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment
questions and answers; dialogue
there being no use in arguing (about it)
to crouch; to squat; to cower
to seal (letter); to prevent; to forbid; to block
farce; charade; person who serves tea; short and humorous improvised sketch (originating from Edo-era kabuki)
utter failure; gross mistake; wrong guess
extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more
to wait and see; to see how the land lies
(starting) from nothing; from scratch
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
faithful; devoted; loyal; honest; true
missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown
furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality
to wager; to bet; to risk; to stake; to gamble
speck; dot; point; only a little; particle; only one
to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
fastidiousness; love of cleanliness
wife; (arch.) my dear; (arch.) dear; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment
to take over; to hand over
to do exactly what one is told to do; to be subservient; to be easily controlled
after having come this far; now that we've come this far
woman; lady; adult female
intelligence or information network
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
to be filled with strength; to be filled with effort; to be enthusiastic about; to be tired (ironic)
poor; pitiful; piteous; pitiable
fellow traveler; fellow traveller; travelling companion; taking someone along unwillingly (e.g. in death); forcing to take part
the trouble is that ...; the problem is that ...; unfortunately; annoyingly
reaction; response; reaction
to stir; to mix; to banter; to make fun of (what a person says); to stir up
not worth doing; waste of effort
behavior; behaviour; manner; attitude; bearing
different person; another person; someone else; changed man
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
extempore; impromptu; improvised; ad-lib; off-the-cuff; instant
careless; sloppy; faulty; using unreliable sources (in a piece of writing); piece of writing with unreliable sources or many errors
actor; actress; man of wits; clever person; cunning fellow
to turn toward; to look (up, down, etc.); to face (e.g. east) (of a building, window, etc.); to look out on; to point (of an arrow, compass needle, etc.); to be suited to
establishment; creation; posing (a problem); options setting; preference settings; configuration