prohibition; inhibition; ban
ingredient; (raw) material; unprocessed timber; raw timber; subject matter; topic
origin; birthplace; descent; lineage; ancestry
appointing to a responsible post; making much of
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
to make light of; to ignore; to slight
under control (e.g. of territory)
to take in; to bring in; to capture (e.g. image); to import; to win over; to please
means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
forever; for good; eternally; as long as one likes; indefinitely; no matter what
to keep (a pet or other animal); to have; to own; to raise; to rear; to feed
passenger; rider; good rider
bucking horse; unmanageable horse
chaos; confusion; disorder; chaotic; confused; uncertain
drinking fountain; water fountain; bubbler; (animal) watering hole; water hole
to run around; to bustle about
to behave; to conduct oneself; to entertain; to treat someone (to a drink); to make tea for someone (tea ceremony)
to gasp; to pant; to breathe hard; to suffer; to struggle
to be oversized (overloud, etc.)
whenever you want; any time you like
to stop; to abort; to discontinue; to close
suddenly disappears somewhere
influence; clout; leverage
obstacle; hindrance; impediment; difficulty
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
wiles; trick; artifice; lover (male) (esp. of a prostitute)
to tell; to (try to) persuade; to advise; to warn; to admonish; to reason
to spread money around (e.g. to give, to loan, to invest, etc.)
to stare fixedly at; to fix one's gaze on; to make sure of; to set one's eyes on (e.g. the future); to focus on
stupidity; silliness; asininity; imbecility; dim-wittedness
face; honour; meld; lineup (of players participating in a mahjong game); attendees (e.g. at a meeting); members
roots of grass; (fig.) places hidden from sight; grassroots (e.g. of a political party); rank and file
to push aside; to push one's way through
bill; bill of sale; tab (for later payment); credit; contact move (in go); direct attack to an enemy stone; sound effect produced by striking with clappers a wooden board in kabuki
door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows
to strike; to clap; to play drums; to abuse; to bash; to consult; to sound out
to copy; to imitate; to counterfeit; to forge
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money)
cheating at pachinko (for monetary gain; through illegal tampering with the machines, etc.); scamming a pachinko parlor
cannot be compared with; no match for