surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency
convenient; favorable; favourable; expedient; expedience
labour shortage; labor shortage; shortage of workers; shortage of hands
cleaning with a cloth (floors, etc.); dirty work; low-level work; apprentice work
a Buddha; deceased person
to polish; to shine; to brush (e.g. teeth); to refine (e.g. a skill); to improve; to cultivate
to give; to offer; to lift up; to hold up; to raise
to work (someone) hard; to push (someone) around
hatchet; axe; wood-chopping; wood-splitting
shoji (paper sliding door)
in the style of (esp. literary, artistic, etc. works); reminiscent of; attached or stretched on
cleaning up somebody else's mess; carrying the can; ass-wiping; arse-wiping
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
intersection; crossing; crossroad; street corner; street
prize money; monetary award; reward
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively
interest; eagerness; enthusiasm
expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately
a little; for a moment; a short while; just a minute
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)
oh!; ah!; oh dear!; good grief!; dear me!; thank God!
hello (e.g. on phone); excuse me! (when calling out to someone)
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
hand-operated electric generator (used in Edo-period medical treatment); (arch.) electricity
another name; nickname; alias; synonym (taxonomy)
Xuanzong (Emperor of China, r. 712-756)
instructor; (fencing) teacher; model
daytime; during the day; time from sunrise until sunset; diurnal period
to change; to alter; to mistake; to make a mistake; to fail to keep (e.g. one's promise); to sprain (a muscle)
to fish; to angle; to catch; to lure in; to tempt; to attract
uneasily; restlessly; erratically
to go around spreading (news, rumors, etc.); to cry about; to circulate; to broadcast
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
all over the body; from head to foot; all over
to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)
to strike against; to collide with; to encounter; to meet; to clash
mark; sign; symbol; emblem; badge; crest
to (take out and) show; to demonstrate; to point out (finger, clock hand, needle, etc.); to indicate; to show
crow (Corvus spp.); raven
piece(s) of firewood (esp. chopped or split from logs); kindling (twigs, branches, etc.); firewood