to talk (a person) down; to confute
ground; land; the region in question; the local area; skin; texture; fabric
body; group; party; company; troupe
cool (temperature, color, etc.); cool (i.e. calm and collected); cool (i.e. fashionable, attractive, etc.); course (of medical treatment); season (series) of a television program (usu. 13 installments over a 3-month period)
system; lineage; ancestry; group (e.g. of colors) (colours); family (e.g. of languages); close (evolutionary) relationship
to throw out; to fire; to expel; to give up; to abandon; to neglect
please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of
(oral) message; declaration; hearsay; rumour; rumor
to hear; to be told; to know; to receive (order); to undertake; to comply
main shrine; inner sanctuary
to go; to come; to turn out (at a meeting, event, etc.); to show up; to make your way to
to rise up; to initiate (political) action
will not do; do not; does not
engawa; external corridor on the outer side of traditional Japanese houses; bone at the base of a fin; meat at the base of a fin (esp. of a flatfish)
to imagine; to picture; to figure; to see
picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
if one is unlucky; if one is careless
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
starting point; origin; origin (of coordinate axes); datum point
reason; cause; circumstances
certainly; absolutely; (not even) a little bit; diligently; dreams
wish; dream; prayer; one's desire
work; workmanship; craftsmanship; artifice; trick; device
squared timber; rectangular lumber
kitchen; financial situation
to take (someone) to one place after another (forcibly); to drag (someone) around
to admit fault; to admit one is wrong
evening meal; supper; dinner
sitting together in a circle; happy circle; harmony
to be thirsty; to feel thirsty; to thirst for; to crave
thinly; slightly; vaguely; a little
friendship; fellowship; camaraderie
to deepen; to heighten; to intensify
topic of discussion; agenda
to bite at; to snap at; to jump at (e.g. an offer); to snap at; to hold on to; to cling to
to sense; to suspect; to get an inkling (of something); to get wind of; to smell (e.g. danger); to become aware of (e.g. a plot)
to render futile; to bring to naught; to waste; to not make good use of