typical; representative; archetypal; quintessential; stereotypical; model
to decrease; to be reduced; to reduce; to lessen; to subtract; to deduct
by means of; due to; because of; according to
to spur on; to urge forward; to impel; to drive at high speed (e.g. a car)
income; receipts; revenue
bachelorhood; single; unmarried; celibate
somehow; for some reason (or other)
even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)
one's wife; wife (of somebody below the speaker in rank)
to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to call for; to summon
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
principal occupation; main job; professional; an expert; I (of a government official, etc.); me
law department; law school
university (college) professor
for generations; hereditary; generation after generation
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
inheritance; bequest; legacy; heritage
control; management (e.g. of a business)
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
to count on; to expect; to put confidence in; to trust in; to depend on
adopted child (usu. male); son-in-law
(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely
completion (of a building)
to mourn for; to grieve for; to condole with (the bereaved family, etc.); to hold a memorial service for; to hold a funeral service for
unmarried woman; Miss; -ess; -ette
in comparison to; rather than
showy; loud; gay; flashy; gaudy
(way of) life; living; livelihood; life circumstances
daydream; fantasy; fancy; vision
phantom; vision; illusion
to delineate; to draw; to express; to imagine
heroine; female protagonist
to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)
nonsense; no meaning; meaningless
stairs; stairway; staircase
godan (verb, verb conjugation); fifth rank (in martial arts, go, etc.)
jaw; chin; barb (of a fishhook)