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to shave (wood, leather, etc.), to sharpen (e.g. pencil), to plane, to whittle, to pare, to scrape off, to erode; to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.), to curtail, to reduce; to delete, to erase, to remove, to cross out, to strike out

index (in a book)

noise (usu. unpleasant); interference (e.g. radio), static, noise; gossip, irresponsible criticism

to pierce, to stab, to prick, to stick, to thrust; to sting, to bite; to sew, to stitch, to embroider; to pole (a boat); to catch (with a limed pole); to put (a runner) out, to pick off

order, sequence; procedure

tokonoma, alcove where art or flowers are displayed(explanation)

to know, to understand, to be aware of, to regard as, to take for; to (understand and) accept (a responsibility); to have a knowledge of (a skill, art, etc.), to have a command of, to know (how to do)

figure, shape, graphic

main gate, main entrance

to spread (of a rumour, news, etc.), to travel, to circulate, to go around, to be passed around, to become known; to be handed down (from generation to generation), to be passed down; to be introduced (to a country, region, etc.), to be brought, to come; to be conveyed (of a feeling, impression, etc.), to be felt, to come across; to travel (of sound, electricity, etc.), to propagate, to be conducted, to be transmitted; to go along, to move along

utility pole, power pole, telephone pole, telegraph pole

daily routine, daily work, daily lesson

daily necessities, everyday item

ruler, measure

context (of a passage), line of thought; context (of a matter, event, etc.), circumstances, background

questions and answers, dialogue

transfer (trains, buses, etc.), change, connection; switch (to another ideology, party, system, method, etc.), change, conversion; switching (stock); chromosomal crossover, crossing over

to air, to dry, to desiccate; to drain (off); to drink up; to deprive of a role, job, etc.

mosquito

to separate (by distance, time, etc.), to isolate, to partition, to divide; to interpose, to have between; to alienate, to estrange

tatami room, tatami mat room, formal Japanese room; dinner party in a tatami room (esp. when a geisha or maiko attends)