black; black go stone; guilt; guilty person
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
right away; without delay; as soon as possible; very soon
conclusive evidence; positive proof; definite proof; confirmation
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
to be silent; to say nothing
approval; agreement; support; favour; favor
to attempt; to test; to try out
true character; true heart; true spirit
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
assimilation; absorption; adaptation; assimilation; anabolism; assimilation (phonology)
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
scrap; piece; fag end; unimportant (person); petty (official); barely (in a role)
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something
anything and everything; just about everything
to take out; to carry out; to bring out from where it belongs; to mention something; to broach a topic; to bring up (a subject)
land mine; topic that sets someone off; sensitive topic; something that seems fine at first but turns out to be very bad (e.g. product, business); booby trap
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
things on hand; things in stock; money on hand; money in one's wallet; on hand; in stock
elevator landing; elevator hall
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
go that far; to that extent
to have a talk; to tell a story
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
temple; shrine; hall; company; (arch.) front room
shallow view; superficial idea
district; county; district (of 2-20 50-home neighbourhoods or townships, in the ritsuryo period)
to seclude oneself; to shut oneself away
establishing proof; demonstration; substantiation
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
to torment; to harass; to tease
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
(not) anywhere; nowhere; everywhere; anywhere
nailing on; nailing down; being stationary; being rooted to the spot; (price) pegging
to do for (someone); to take in; to deceive; to hoodwink
at once; immediately; without delay; promptly
to spread (e.g. a rumor); to circulate; to disseminate