retreat; falling back; recession; waning; backspace (key)
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
bomb; alcohol with liquor added (esp. wine-based shōchū highball, also beer with whiskey)
unskilled; clumsy; lousy; poor; awkward; shitty
to paste; to stick; to affix; to station; to post
losing easily; being trounced; being beaten hands down
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to look down on (someone); to make fun of
to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext
explosion; detonation; eruption; eruption (of discontent, etc.); outburst; outpouring
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
company; lot; bunch; troupe; company (of musicians)
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
front; frontage; facade; main
area; zone; (lit.) belt (of land)
movement; transfer; migration; mobile; moving; traveling
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
comprehension; consent; understanding; OK; roger (on two-way radio)
to summon; to call (e.g. phone); to convene; to invoke (e.g. subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)
detailed; full; minute; knowing very well; knowledgeable (about); well-acquainted (with)
be supposed or expected to (do); be sure to (do); ought to (do)
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
such; like that; that sort of; very
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
to save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
party; group; crew; company (of troops); corps; unit
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
to dismantle; to demount; to take something away; to detach