fourteenth day of the month; fourteen days
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
to be at a loss; to think and think but get nowhere; to fail to come up with a good idea
calendar; calender (machine for flattening things)
living room (Japanese-style)
to put something out of the way; to move (something, someone) aside
burr (e.g. chestnut); bur; cupule; case
ticktock; chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; dry and hard; (frozen) stiff; hidebound
to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)
time; (the) hour; favourable time; opportunity; chance
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of
because; the reason is; if you want to know why
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of
pains; hard work; effort; trouble; labour; labor
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
to wish (for); to pray (for); to hope (for); to pray silently; to recite (Buddha's name, sutras, etc.) in one's mind; to chant (a silent prayer)
to blame; to reproach; to question (a suspect); to challenge; to aggravate (an injury); to be aggravated
suddenly and in a loud voice (e.g. sobbing)
tone (of voice); manner of talking
to visit; to call on; to pay a visit to
from one's side; from the side (of something); from someone unconnected; from someone uninvolved
in that way; like that; that way
stealthily; secretly; in secret
to slip out; to sneak away; to break into the lead; to get ahead; to begin to fall out (e.g. hair); to break out (of a loop)
to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist
to cut into (a conversation); to interject
magician; wizard; sorcerer; witch
absconding; taking oneself off; slipping out (home) unnoticed early (e.g. from work, out of parties, etc.)