to sleep; to die; to rest (in peace); to lie idle (e.g. of resources); to lie unused; (arch.) to close one's eyes
giant; great man; Tokyo Giants (baseball team)
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
what's the best thing to do?; what to do?
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
measuring by feel; adjusting by feel; doing by feel; adapting to the situation (one's strength, strictness, etc.); making allowances; using discretion
yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
way; method; means; resource; course
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)
to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still
(I) will; (I) shall; let's; (I) wonder (if); might it be (that); hey
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
to be dizzy; to feel faint; to feel giddy
next; hypo- (i.e. containing an element with low valence); order; sequence
amount sold; sales; proceeds; takings; turnover
incorporation; conversion to a corporation; privatization (of a previously public body)
country in civil war; country disarrayed by war; Warring States period (Japan, China); competiton in which there are several evenly-matched participants; hotly-contested game (match, market, etc.)
expanding into a chain (e.g. store, hotel); development of chain stores
to tidy up; to put in order; to settle (problem); to clear (dispute); to finish; to bring something to an end
had better ...; had better not ...
how; in what way; by what means
to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
3 o'clock; afternoon snack (eaten around 3 o'clock); three ages of Buddhism (following the death of Gautama Buddha; age of the true law, age of the copied law, and age of the degeneration of the law); three ages of the dharma
dissection; autopsy; analysis
saucepan; pot; stew; hot pot
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
to set (sun); to become dark
to be profitable; to yield a profit
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)
to exceed (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to surpass; to be more than; to be better than