to remove; to take off; to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from
sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
to get someone to say; to make someone say; to let someone say; to let someone speak out; to make a sound
to the last; persistency; thoroughness
reading; reading (of a kanji, esp. kun reading); reading (e.g. of a situation); insight
splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
sharp (blade, image, mind, etc.); sharp; number sign; hash sign; mechanical pencil
style; way; shape; form; appearance; state
spirit; mind; nature; disposition; motivation; intention
a little more than usual; bribe money added to a regular fee; and then some
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
passenger; rider; good rider
presence (impressive quality)
thin (e.g. air); diluted; sparse; lacking (e.g. empathy); deficient; insufficient (e.g. zeal)
indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
imperial palace; shrine; Grand Empress Dowager; Empress Dowager; woman of imperial lineage who has borne a child; elderly woman of imperial lineage
judgment; judgement; divination; judgement
correct; right; correct interpretation (answer, solution)
trailing; chasing after; imitation; copy
to be prolonged; to drag on
materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis
tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well
to give up all thoughts of; to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to take a momentous decision
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
I wonder about that; don't bet on it; famous last words
advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
to be stormy; to be rough; to be rough (of skin); to be chapped; to be ruined; to fall into ruin
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
ghastliness; dreadfulness; grimness; intimidation; menace; threat
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
indeed; really; very; extremely; absolutely; certainly
to be cloying; to be sick and tired with; to be disgusted with; to stink
enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten