to be silent; to say nothing
still; yet; more; still more; furthermore; in addition
great cause; moral law; justice
previously; already; beforehand; in advance; for some time
to instruct; to tell to do; to ask to do; to order
precious stone (esp. jade); egg (esp. as a sushi topping); stock or security being traded; product being bought or sold; position (in finance, the amount of a security either owned or owed by an investor or dealer); geisha; time charge for a geisha
order; command; life; destiny; fate
to hear; to be told; to know; to receive (order); to undertake; to comply
naming; nominating; designating; calling on; asking for; requesting
(very) familiar; well-acquainted
Don (Spanish honorific); bigwig; important person
makimono; handscroll; roll of cloth (for making a kimono); scarf; stole; makizushi
-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be
to go upstream; to go up (a river); to go back (to the past or origin); to date back (to); to trace back (to)
distant place; faraway location; far away
distant (from someone); aloof; estranged; knowing little (of); ill-informed (about); ignorant (of)
matter; thing; affair; circumstance
talk (of the town); rumour; rumor; gossip
each; (arch.) you (plural)
hearsay; hearing secondhand; hearing through the grapevine
example; simile; metaphor; allegory
union; combination; association; RENGO (Japanese Trade Union Confederation)
exaggerated; overdone; overblown; hyperbolic; bombastic; grandiose
almost; nearly; for the most part; roughly; approximately; about
demolition; taking down; dissolution (of an organization, company, etc.); breaking up; dissection (of a body); dismemberment
at; in; at; when; by; with
tide; current; tendency; trend
to assemble everything together; to do something as a group
residue; remnants; dregs; residuum; residue
to detain; to keep; to lock up; to retain; to leave (a letter) till called for
deviation; inclination; offset; polarization; polarisation
all; entire; whole; altogether
important matter; matter of great importance; serious affair; major incident; emergency
to enliven; to liven up; to cause a stir in (e.g. the newspapers); to make prosperous
to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)
half; 50%; 5 parts; 5%; equality; equal footing
noisily (from many people talking); in a commotion; with a rustling sound (of leaves, branches, etc.); with a rippling sound (of the surface of a lake, etc.); feeling a chill; with a chill (up one's spine)
to make a mistake; to blunder
disadvantage; handicap; drawback; inadvisability; inexpediency; loss
for now; for the time being; for the present; though not quite satisfactorily; after a fashion