language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
influence (on someone); inspiration
such; like that; that sort of; very
after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.
stupid; meaningless; worthless; hopeless (person, situation); beyond help; beyond saving
setback; failure (e.g. plans, business); frustration; discouragement
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
railway track; railway line; railroad; railway; track; line
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error (e.g. in calculation); to confuse; to mistake something for something else
to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
this occasion; at this time; now
conversion; reform; correcting someone's conduct
to have the privilege of doing
on the occasion of; at the time of
to be needed; to be wanted
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
counter for stories, episodes of TV series, etc.
teacher; master; religious leader; specialist; (arch.) five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou-dynasty Chinese army)
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
weasel (esp. the Japanese weasel, Mustela itatsi); mustelid (any other member of the weasel family, incl. badgers, martens, minks, ferrets, otters, polecats, stoats, skunks, etc.)
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly