messenger; envoy; emissary
radio (communication); wireless; not using wires
hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
tasks; things to do; errand; business (to take care of); affairs; engagement
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman
north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind
carrying (on one's person or in the hand); mobile phone; cell phone
hurriedly; in a hurry; in haste; (arch.) sudden
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
change; modification; alteration; revision; amendment
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
feeling refreshed; feeling relieved; neat; tidy; frank; open-hearted; completely
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
route (bus, train, air, etc.); line; line (taken by a group, organization, etc.); policy; course
hah (derisively); pooh; pfft (of something disappearing); poof; huff; puff
superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding
to worry about the future
condescending attitude; arrogant attitude; looking down on
book; volume; this; present; main; head
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
counter for books; volume
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
not a chance; not likely; oh no; yuck; fault; defect
sleepy; drowsy; somnolent
as a god; as was done in the age of the gods
remnant; fragment; fraction; odd sum; halfway; half-hearted
counter for articles; counter for military units; individual
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
tortoise; turtle; heavy drinker; turtle crest; turtle mon
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
mouth; opening; hole; mouth (of a bottle); spout; gate; door
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity
mumbling; chewing one's words; chewing (food); squirming; wriggling
with; by; because of; on account of; on (a day, date); at (a time); adds emphasis to preceding word
while; during; while; although; all; both
go that far; to that extent
concentration; focusing; convergence; within a collection of works