to dash off (a piece of writing); to scribble; to scrawl
ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml
robot; (mere) puppet; pawn; figurehead
having little knowledge (of); being ill-informed
four times; four colour process printing (color); CMYK printing
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surname; family name; hereditary title (used in ancient Japan to denote rank and political standing)
siblings; brothers and sisters; brothers; siblings-in-law; brothers-in-law; mate
to have no way of knowing; to be completely ignorant of
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
entry (on stage); appearance (on screen); entrance; introduction (into a market)
(in philosophy) mechanism
desk pad; sheet of plastic (or cardboard, felt, etc.) placed under writing paper; being pinned under; being caught under; model; pattern
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
to impose; to visit upon; to inflict
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
source (of a river); fountainhead; source; origin; root
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
belief; faith; adherence; espousal
all; altogether; entirely; exactly like; just like; spitting image of
to stop talking; to break off; to pause
to choose at one's own discretion; to choose when to do something; to estimate (the time for something)
to rank next to; to come after
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess
like-mindedness; (being of the) same mind; shared sentiment; comrade; fellow; kindred soul
meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club
the same; the said; likewise
will; resolution; kindness; goodwill; gift (as a token of gratitude)
magnificent; grand; majestic; splendid
hammer; hopeless swimmer; complete beginner at swimming; someone who sinks like a stone