to resolve; to ready (oneself); to make up one's mind
consideration; inquiry; enquiry; investigation; study
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
imagination; supposition; guess
dark history; dark past; something one wants to forget or pretend never happened
to put into written form; to communicate or express by writing; to chronicle
deep (colour); dark; strong (flavour, smell, etc.); thick (consistency); dense; strong (possibility, etc.)
letter (of alphabet); character; writing
both; both sides; both parties
to read and understand; to subject to close analysis; to read deeply; to decipher; to decode
study; learning; tutorial
photograph; photo; picture; moving picture; movie
illustration; picture; sketch; drawing; figure
picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
to paste; to stick; to affix; to station; to post
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
crops; agricultural produce
domestic animals; livestock; cattle
storehouse; warehouse; godown
to rub; to crumple; to massage; to argue; to have a heated discussion; to train; to coach
long-term storage; long-term preservation
hiragana; cursive Japanese syllabary used primarily for native Japanese words (esp. function words, inflections, etc.)
katakana; angular Japanese syllabary used primarily for loanwords
existing alongside (each other); mixture; intermingling
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
scenery; scene; landscape; scene (e.g. of a crime)
to cut off; to excise; to tear off; to cut out; to whittle down; to tear out
to push; to press; to apply pressure from above; to press down; to stamp (i.e. a passport); to apply a seal; to affix (e.g. gold leaf)
flowing down (e.g. water in a river); downward flow
saltpan; field for drying salt
use; adoption; acceptance; appointment; employment; engagement
pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says