to correct; to rectify; to reform; to straighten (one's posture, collar, etc.); to adjust
belief; faith; conviction
existing (between); interposition; intervention; involvement
prophet; predictor; prognosticator
narrowing of visual field; narrow-mindedness; lack of vision
forgetting; lapse of memory
in hand; on hand; on one; handheld
general review (e.g. of one's lessons); dress rehearsal
using freely; making full use of; having a good command of; working (someone) hard; driving (someone) on
hum; hmm; hm hm (light chuckle with mouth closed); uh-huh; mm; hmm
to be outpushed; to lose a pushing competition
outside a car (train, bus, etc.)
to bend; to crook; to lean; to tilt; to bend (the truth); to distort
lip service; mere words; professions; lips; mouth; snout
distance of eight sun (approx. 24 cm); dish or tray of this size (esp. used in kaiseki cuisine to serve several kinds of delicacies); food served in such a dish; variety of thick, traditional Japanese paper
appearance; look; a 'seeming' that fortune-tellers relate to one's fortune; aspect; phase (e.g. solid, liquid and gaseous)
odd; strange; queer; peculiar
simple honesty; tactless frankness
to raise; to bring up; to rear; to cultivate; to foster; to nurture
to put together; to assemble
difference; disagreement; conflict; clash; discrepancy; inconsistency
change; transformation; inversion
if you think about it; come to think of it
good performance; good work; great success
bad job; poor workmanship; bungle
actor; actress; man of wits; clever person; cunning fellow
to worry (about); to fret (over); to be anxious
source (of a river); fountainhead; source; origin; root
wholehearted; earnest; determined; intent; single-minded; straightforward
lamentation; deploring; admiration; praise
karma; result of one's karma; fate; uncontrollable temper
with all one's strength; with all one's might
flat-iron; soldering iron; crimper; curling tongs; trowel
in its entirety; whole; wholly
poppy seed; pinhead-like; small as ants
centimeter (esp. of cannon caliber, etc.)
protest; refutation; pleading