some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...; or; either ... or
to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity
to become damaged; to break; to worsen; to spoil (one's mood); to decrease; to diminish (profits, gains)
to say; to utter; to declare; to name; to call
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
to choose; to select; to pick (out)
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
interesting (personality, turn of phrase, etc.); pleasantly different; tasteful; attractive; charming
photo studio; photographer; camera shop; photography supplies shop; photo processing shop; photo finishing shop
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
cutting; severance; section; amputation; disconnection
to need; to demand; to take; to require
disused; unused; useless; wasteful; of no use
counter for thin, flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper, plates, coins); counter for portions of gyōza or soba; counter for ranks; counter for wrestlers of a particular rank; counter for fields or rice paddies; counter for palanquin bearers
knack; skill; bone; skeleton; cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
formal (way); orthodox; regular; in earnest; serious; proper
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
to be mixed; to be blended with; to be combined; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest
to try to (do); to want to; to be about to (do, happen)
hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour
to wipe; to mop up; to get rid of (an impression, feeling, blemish, etc.); to dispel (e.g. shame); to erase
lowborn; humble; vulgar; coarse; shabby; poor-looking
artists' chalk; white pigment; powdered calcium carbonate
vermillion (colour); cinnabar; vermillion (pigment); cinnabar ink stick; correction written in red ink
loess; yellow ochre; yellow ocher; (arch.) Hades; (arch.) hell
to use; to make use of; to utilize
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
pluralizing suffix; or so; rough indicator of direction, location, amount, etc.; nominalizing suffix
to omit; to leave out; to exclude; to curtail; to save; to cut down
folding book; counter for units of paper and nori (48 pages of Mino paper; 20 pages of hanshi; 10 sheets of nori); counter for folding books, folding screens, shields, etc.; counter for pairs (of curtains); counter for tatami mats
to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
to finish up; to complete; to finish off; to get through; to polish off
to have much trouble; to have a hard time; to not know how to handle
few; little; small (amount); low; scarce; insufficient
light colouring; light coloring