scorch; burn; burnt rice; part of ceramic glaze that has become dark or darkish-brown during firing
(a) stop (e.g. in a timber joint, or at the end of a kanji stroke); remaining (e.g. poste-restante)
by a hair's breadth; in the nick of time; touch and go; close call; critical moment
liner; regularly scheduled ship
right on; dead on; fitting to a T; on the button; perfectly correct
queue jumping; breaking into a line; muscling in on; interrupt
surveillance system; monitoring system
since long ago; already; for quite a while; for some time now
(police) detective; criminal matter
optional; voluntary; arbitrary; arbitrary
to practice magic; to practise magic
light, thin, single-layer kimono (esp. from hemp or raw silk, for summer use); shroud; burial clothes
ladder; stairs; going to several places in succession (e.g. barhopping)
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with
political offense; political offence; political crime; political offender; political prisoner; prisoner of conscience
affinity; feeling of closeness (with someone); feeling of kinship
Executive Office of the President (USA, etc.)
plant (i.e. equipment, machinery, etc.); plant; vegetation
joint establishment (esp. schools of different levels or different courses of study); establishment as an annex (e.g. of a school); juxtaposition; placing side by side
to draw water (e.g. from a river); to lead water to (e.g. a field, a pond); to supply water to; to irrigate
steam; vapour; vapor; steamboat; steam locomotive
distribution (e.g. films, rice); rationing (e.g. food, gasoline); food ration
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
to take the initiative; to forestall; to beat to the punch
sentiment; sentimentality
air conditioning; air cooling
to burst into flames; to fire (of a gun); to fan a fire with one's breath
exit; gateway; way out; outlet; vent; leak
piping hot; scalding; madly in love; passionately in love
ruffian; villain; peculiar person; idiosyncratic person; tricky thing; something that is more than it seems
to get excited; to be roused (to action); to get the itch (to do)
to rake over the coals; to scold; to chastise; to burn moxa on the skin
(being) fully equipped; (being) fully furnished; completeness
isolation; separation; remoteness; seclusion; reclusion; inaccessibility