looking on from afar; being a spectator
plate; dish; serving; helping; kanji radical 108 (at the bottom)
to help out of (trouble); to extricate
inexperienced; incompetent; inept; incapable; careless
please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
time (three times, each time, etc.); times
to repaint; to paint again; to break (a record); to rewrite; to remake
meeting face-to-face; seeing in person; facing (each other); opposing (traffic, etc.); confronting
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
translation; deciphering; decoding; translation
playing; play (margin between on and off, gap before pressing button or lever has an effect)
to manage; to deal with; to cope with; to sentence; to condemn; to punish
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
as one expects; as one wants; to one's satisfaction; as one sees fit
both are bad; neither is good; one's as bad as the other; both are to blame; six of one, half a dozen of the other
getting tired of; getting sick of; getting bored with; getting fed up with
(social) position; status
patience; forbearance; endurance; forgiveness; pardon
beginning; start; clue; lead; thread end
what is to be done?; what should (I) do?; what (am I) to do?
burlesque; low comedy; farce
tedious; boring; being fed up with
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; I feel regretful; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
as expected; predictably; not surprisingly
straight (ahead); direct; upright; straightforward; honest; frank
well-behaved (esp. children and pets); obedient; good
skill; skillful; dexterity; flattery
scenery; scene; landscape; scene (e.g. of a crime)
wind; gas; fart; something worthless; something not worth considering
forget it; forget what I just said; scratch that; check that
variety; kind; type; counter for kinds, species, etc.
to compare (something) to; to liken; to speak figuratively; to use a simile; to use a metaphor
hand; arm; handwriting; penmanship; 'shake' (command to have a dog place its paw in your hand)
navel; belly button; protrusion or depression in the middle of an object; center; centre
to boil; to heat; to excite; (arch.) to melt (metal)
sword battle (staged for television, etc.); sword fight
stage (theatre, theater); scene or setting (e.g. of novel, play, etc.)
sweaty; sweat-drenched; covered in sweat