distinction; differentiation; classification
time; hour; period; class
imagination; supposition; guess
reclamation (e.g. wasteland); cultivation; development; pioneering; opening up (e.g. new market); breaking new ground
setting (someone) to work; employment; using; causative (verb, etc.)
what with this and that; for a number of reasons
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
I see; that's right; indeed
labor; labour; manpower; working force
grace; favor; favour; blessing; benefit
to accept (e.g. an explanation); to be satisfied (with); to assent (to)
profit; gains; benefit; advantage; grace (of God, Buddha, etc.) (esp. as attained through rightful actions, prayer, adherence to one's faith, etc.); blessing
culture; civilization; civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
domestic animals; livestock; cattle
method of bringing up; method of raising
to spring; to bound; to be stimulated; to be encouraged; to pay handsomely; to splurge
drama; theatre; theater; play
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
besides; in addition; also; moreover
(animal) feed; fodder; pet food; bait; lure; enticement
to knit one's brows (in discomfort, unease, disapproval, etc.); to raise one's eyebrows; to frown; to scowl
living thing; living creature; animal; life
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
(living) sacrifice; victim; scapegoat
misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
sleeve; wing (of a stage, desk, gate, etc.)
to tuck (e.g. sleeves); to roll up
stab wound; puncture wound; bite (e.g. from a insect); sting; prick
once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat
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