to ignite; to set fire to; to spark (an incident, etc.); to inflame (a situation, etc.)
to erase; to delete; to turn off (power); to switch off; to extinguish; to put out
preference; priority; precedence
matte (finish, colour, etc.); matt; mat; matte (metallurgy)
door; gate; opening; title page
mat; canvas (boxing, wrestling)
exercise; physical training; appeal; campaign; motion; movement
courtyard; quadrangle; middle court
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
serious wound; serious injury
to bear; to carry on one's back; to take responsibility for; to accept a duty; to receive (wound); to incur (damage)
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.); graduate school; postgraduate school; institution (often medical); institutional building; sub-temple; minor temple building
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.)
new government; new administration
bureaucrat; government official; bureaucracy
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
talking while standing; standing around talking
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
pot; (arch.) typical name for a female servant in the Edo-period; working at night; female with symptoms of gender identity disorder (e.g. a transvestite)
guidance; leading (the way); information; notice; announcement (of one's arrival); invitation
to stir; to churn; to rummage around; to throw into confusion; to throw into chaos
to get burned and stuck on (e.g. rice in a pan); to become uncollectable (e.g. debt or loan); to become irrecoverable; to remain unchanged (e.g. stock market)
opposition; rebellion; rebounding; recoiling; rally (e.g. in stock prices); recovery
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug; to have (a thought or feeling); to hold; to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.)
furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
desire to act only in one's self-interest; selfish desires
great difference; major mistake
participation; joining; entry; adherence
contradiction; inconsistency
to guide; to lead; to show the way; to derive; to deduce
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
business; thing to be done; something that should be performed; information that should be conveyed
straight to the point; point-blank; frank; direct
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
to turn one's head; to look over one's shoulder; to turn around; to think back (on); to reminisce; to look back (on)
to visit; to call on; to pay a visit to
to take a breather; to take a rest; to catch one's breath; to take a breath
curious; strange; unusual