to increase; to add to; to augment
original; unique (e.g. product); signature; exclusive
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
operation; management; handling; manipulating (to one's benefit); manipulation; influencing
via; through; by doing; by means of; using
in short; the point is; the important thing is; in a word; basically
reproduction; duplication; reprinting
wrong; bad; not allowed; not possible; failing grade
as if (something untrue were actually true); like hell (e.g. "like hell I will")
equal; identical; the same; no different (to); just like; equivalent
to house; to contain; to carry (a baby); to be pregnant; (arch.) to give lodging to; (arch.) to accommodate
to write down; to note; to jot down; to remember
to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)
without; but if; otherwise; or else
coincidence; agreement; conformity; consistency; cooperation
cause; seed; variety; kind; counter for varieties
(social) position; status
medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic
samurai on horseback; (medieval) knight
occupation; profession; job; vocation; trade; calling
lion; left-hand guardian dog at a Shinto shrine
waterfowl; water bird; shorebird
Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods); medieval times; mediaeval times
imperial court; royal court
plants and animals; flora and fauna
at this juncture; after all this time; at this stage; now
same feeling; same sentiment; same opinion; sympathy; agreement; concurrence
puzzling; tangled; complicated; complex
to gulp down (a drink); to slurp
wheat; barley; oat (oats)
carbonic acid; carbonated water; baking soda; sodium carbonate
to join; to be put together; to combine; to unite; to fit; to close (e.g. of a wound)
to appease one's thirst; to wet one's whistle