intensely; severely; strictly; tightly; compactly; closely
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
rank; place (e.g. first place); decimal place; counter for ghosts
order; rank; position (e.g. in a race); precedence
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
hakama; man's formal divided skirt
severe; intense; awe-inspiring; biting; bitter (cold); piercing
to appear in the newspaper
to build up one's strength; to get stronger; to give (someone) strength; to cheer (someone) up; to encourage (someone)
guidance; leadership; instruction; shido (disciplinary action for a minor infringement of the rules of judo)
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
to call; to summon; to send for; to call together
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
to float; to become merry; to be cheerful; to become loose; to become unsteady; to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you)
nail (e.g. fingernail, toenail); claw; plectrum; pick; hook; clasp
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence (pretense); show; going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction
to be oversized (overloud, etc.)
(not) even once; (not) ever
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; resolution; decisiveness; determination
to recognize by sound (recognise); to identify by sound; to understand; to be reasonable
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint
decisive defeat; rout; thrashing; losing big
so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here
accumulation; accumulate; store
materials; data; document
regular customer; regular patron; frequenter; constant companion
encouragement of learning
way to use something; treatment; management (of help)
one's regular inn; one's usual hotel
ryokan; traditional inn; Japanese-style lodging, usu. professionally-run
introduction; presentation; referral; listing
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
weight stone (placed on pickles)
embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides with; supporting; standing by
traveling expenses; travelling expenses; carfare
hotel charge; lodging expense
what's the best thing to do?; what to do?
home area; home town; local