sign; indication; call; summons; requisition; expropriation
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
to grip; to grasp; to squeeze
Job's tears (Coix lacryma-jobi); coixseed; tear grass; adlay
to put (wood, coal, paper, etc.) into the fire; to throw on the fire; to add to the fire; to burn
really; very; extremely; (not) anything; (not) at all; (not) a bit
nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...
to accompany; to go hand in hand with; to be consequent upon; to be accompanied by; to bring with; to take with
tick-tock; tick-tack; sound of clock
to flow out; to stream out; to pour out; to gush forth; to leak; to ooze out
concise; brief; succinct; compact (style)
to hold the steering wheel; to drive (a car)
windshield wiper; windscreen wiper
riches; wealth; resources; lottery
(car) turn signal; blinker; indicator
each (person); individually; one by one; one at a time; in turn
to leave words (behind one, e.g. after death); to say (for posterity); to utter last words; to leave some things unsaid
to tell someone's fortune; to divine (the future); to predict; to forecast
choice; selection; diagnosis; medical opinion; judgement; opinion
hollow; mid-air; air; sky
lesson; discipline; example (e.g. set a bad example); revelation
to slide down (snow, etc.)
womanly; ladylike; feminine
ultimate weapon; one's final trump card
to scam; to defraud; to swindle; to cheat
at the critical moment; when the time comes; when it's most important; when necessary; in an emergency; when push comes to shove
young person; servant; errand boy in a samurai family; person of lowly status
to scale (mountain, flight of stairs, etc.)
to affect a stylish air; to try to look good; to show off
alright; of no concern; unproblematic; okay; fine
to be distracted from feelings of depression, boredom, tension, etc.
pudding (esp. custard); black hair dyed blond but where the roots have again turned black
what; what sort of thing; everything; anything; what (on earth)?; what's the meaning of this ...?
saying something (to someone); greeting; approaching (someone)
ill-bred; impolite; rude; impudent; insolent; blunt