soft sound; dampening (of sound)
to tie; to fasten; to wear (necktie, belt); to put on; to total; to sum; to be strict with
to sow; to plant; to sow (the seeds of; e.g. conflict); to sprinkle (gold or silver powder on lacquerware)
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause
to use to the full (one's voice, energy, etc.); to muster all of (one's strength, courage, etc.); to summon all of; to exert fully; to strain (one's voice)
pinch; crisis; tough spot; clothespin
negative (e.g. thinking); negative; negative (electrical polarity)
irritating; troublesome; gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; heavy (weather); cloudy
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence
to stray from the right path; to go wrong; to go off the rails; to turn delinquent
to get lost; to become lost; to go astray
uncle; old man; mister; manybar goatfish (Parupeneus multifasciatus)
Catholic priest; abbe; reverend father; minister; padre
to come to mind; to pop into one's head
confirmed as completed; everything must go (e.g. in a sale)
arbitration; intercession; mediation
rubbish; trash; garbage; refuse
to lose sight of (one's companions); to stray from; to miss (one's chance to ...)
reliable; trustworthy; hopeful; promising
collision; crash; running into; conflict; quarrel; clashing
Buddha; Shakyamuni; Buddhist image; figure of Buddha; the dead; dead person
proverb; saying; aphorism; maxim
bright light; hope; bright future; light emanating from a buddha or bodhisattva, symbolizing their wisdom and compassion
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
to exchange glances; to look at each other; to postpone; to put off; to contrast; to compare
reward; honorarium; remuneration
lost child; lost person; stray child; missing child
complete; whole; perfect; safe
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
scrawl; scribble; graffiti; doodle
here and there; in places
sound of footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching
several people; a few people
kind; gentle; considerate; generous; friendly; nice
even if; even though; however; no matter how
difficult to understand; unintelligible; abstruse
side job; sideline; subsidiary business
earning extra money (e.g. from a side job)
orphan; person without friends
stick; piece of wood; billet; piece of a broken pole
as always; as ever; though it's always the case