close examination; careful investigation; investigation of a crime; inquiry into someone's guilt; winner (of the most rounds, i.e. a full game); (arch.) reciting and appreciating traditional poetry
thereupon; shortly thereafter
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
road; path; way; set of practices; Buddhist teachings; Taoism; modern administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido)
(arch.) inspector (third highest of the four administrative ranks of the ritsuryo system); (noh) old man; white ash (of charcoal)
Chen (ancient Chinese state, approx. 1045-479 BCE); Ch'en; Chen dynasty (China, 557-589 BCE); Ch'en dynasty
palace; tonic (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); ancient Chinese punishment (castration for men, or confinement for women); zodiacal sign
ding (of a bell); bing; honk (i.e. sound of blowing one's nose); snort; heating in a microwave; cooking in a microwave
sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid
to walk someone off (e.g. to the police station)
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
to show appreciation for (efforts, esp. by someone of equal or lower status); to thank for; to reward for
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
myself; yourself; I; me; you
former years; formerly; a few years ago
(the) positive; yang (in Chinese divination); the open; visible place
face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
to remember; to recollect; to recognize; to recognise
luckily; blessedly; fortunately
capturing something alive
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
precisely; exactly; plumb; damn; stupid; cursed
Metropolis (of Tokyo); (Tokyo) Metropolitan District; counter for cities and towns; capital
success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
adds force or indicates command
very; much; greatly; a lot of
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
so; accordingly; now; then; thereupon; therefore