wife; (arch.) my dear; (arch.) dear; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment
old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)
partner (esp. in manzai); companion; partner for the night (e.g. at a brothel)
long; drawn-out; very long
reserve; spare; treasured; valued; (ace) up one's sleeve; trump
to (call and) stop; to call (someone) to stop; to hail (e.g. a taxi)
station; office; guardroom
to attack; to assault; to assail
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
check; keeping in check; containment (of enemy forces); diversionary action; pickoff throw; holding a runner on base
modesty; humility; being humble
all present; all concerned; all of us
favour; favor; obligation; debt of gratitude
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides with; supporting; standing by
pattern; behavioural pattern; behavioral pattern; predictability
hanky-panky; juggling; cheating; deception; smoke and mirrors
to leave to take its own course; to let a matter take care of itself
to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through
to take a veneer off something
to say to each other; to exchange (jokes, comments, etc.); to quarrel; to dispute
work; workmanship; craftsmanship; artifice; trick; device
long-cherished ambition; satisfaction
new face; newcomer; rookie; modern humans (from Cro-Magnon man onwards)
work; labor; achievement; performance; salary; income
to say; to spatter; to prate; to prattle; to babble
to do one's best; to put forth every effort
something like ...; something called ...
better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth
(outward) looks; features; face; countenance; expression
to clear up; to clear away; to refresh (e.g. spirits); to be cleared (e.g. of a suspicion); to be dispelled; to be banished
manufacturing; processing; treatment; machining
hypothesis; supposition; assumption
to join together; to combine; to join up
stone; jewel; precious stone; flint (in a lighter); stone (in go); stone (in the bladder, kidney etc.); calculus
to emboss; to print out; to print; to work out (e.g. policy); to hammer out; to strike (a drum indicating the end of a performance)
usage; way to use; utilization
material; substance; matter
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
range of use; range of application; range of applications; scope (of a document)