to tinker with; to fumble with; to twist up
to ring; to sound; to be popular; to be esteemed; to state; to insist
operation; management; handling; manipulating (to one's benefit); manipulation; influencing
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
clumsy; awkward; tactless; awkward (e.g. socially); (arch.) mean; (arch.) cowardly
with difficulty; faltering; tottering; awkward
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
blank email (e.g. for signing up to an email list)
telephone book; telephone directory
basics; fundamentals; basis; foundation
mechanical ineptitude; being hopeless with machines
(with a) start; fright; alarm
to harden; to solidify; to become firm; to become certain; to gather (together); to assemble
to be renewed; to change; to be improved; to be reformed; to stand on ceremony; to be formal
to get used (to); to get familiar with; to get skillful with
meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club
long, narrow strip of paper on which Japanese poems are written (vertically); tanzaku; thin rectangle
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
to distribute; to hand out; to deliver; to allot; to allocate; to place (staff, soldiers, etc.)
wish; dream; prayer; one's desire
common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice
behavior; behaviour; manner; attitude; bearing
Japanese person; Japanese people
deeply religious; devout; godly; faithful
from the bottom of one's heart; heartily; sincerely
world peace; peace of the world
four characters; four letters
superstition; superstitious belief
to come true (of a wish, prayer, etc.); to be realized; to suit (e.g. a purpose); to meet (wishes, ideals, etc.); to match (implies competition); to rival
profit; advantage; benefit; rebirth in paradise, entering nirvana
loss; damage; harm; disadvantage; handicap; drawback
(religious) piety; faith; devotion
to become twisted; to grow distorted; to get sulky; to sulk; to grow bitter; to become embittered
health; healthy; sound; fit
to wait for a long time; to wait and wait; to eagerly await
toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything
fluff; fuzz; nap; hachures; hatching
to impose (a tax, fine, etc.); to levy; to assign (a task, duty, etc.); to give; to set
to occur to; to remind of; to come to mind