wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
Oriental studies; Orientalism
Mr; Mrs; clan; he; him; counter for people
eager; earnest; ardent; OFF (on switch)
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
bowl; vessel; container; ability; capacity; calibre
manufacturing; processing; treatment; machining
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
to rub; to scrub; to scrape
to polish; to shine; to brush (e.g. teeth); to refine (e.g. a skill); to improve; to cultivate
to perform some process; to apply some treatment; to revise; to correct
diamond (mineral, gemstone); diamond; infield; diamond (card suit)
grinder; grinding machine; polisher
to come to nothing; to be spoiled; to be spoilt
(raw) ore; unpolished gemstone
tool (esp. software, etc.); tour (e.g. Tour de France)
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person
to come together; to merge; to fit; to match; to be profitable; to be equitable
way (of doing); manner; method; means
honourable poverty; honorable poverty
to deem acceptable; to approve of; to value; to consider a good thing
(in) his way; peculiar to him
sense of inferiority; one's weak point
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
poverty-stricken; destitute; poor; penurious
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
each; (arch.) you (plural)
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
road; path; way; set of practices; Buddhist teachings; Taoism; modern administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido)
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
to be furnished with; to be provided with; to be possessed of; to be endowed with; to be among; to be one of
to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
chapter; section; medal; badge; insignia
middle way; (golden) mean; moderation; the Doctrine of the Mean (one of the Four Books)
to order; to command; to appoint
nature (of a person); sex; gender; sex (i.e. sexual attraction, activity, etc.); gender; -ty
to say; to utter; to declare; to name; to call
ingredient; (raw) material; unprocessed timber; raw timber; subject matter; topic
to recommend (someone to do); to advise; to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest; to offer (a drink, cigarette, seat, etc.)
to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie