four times; four colour process printing (color); CMYK printing
manure; night soil; dung; fertiliser; fertilizer
suitable; satisfactory; desirable
to go to bed; to be sick in bed; to be laid up
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
green; greenery (esp. fresh verdure)
inside and outside; interior and exterior; inside and outside the country; home and abroad; around; about
willpower; energy; vitality
fast asleep; dead to the world
to sleep; to die; to rest (in peace); to lie idle (e.g. of resources); to lie unused; (arch.) to close one's eyes
with a start; in surprise; suddenly (realize, remember, etc.); all of a sudden; puffing (air); with a puff
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
to rise; to erect; to get up
to that extent; to that degree; so much; so
reclamation (e.g. wasteland); cultivation; development; pioneering; opening up (e.g. new market); breaking new ground
to go to see (something, someone); to visit
motionlessly (e.g. stand, wait); (be) still; fixedly (e.g. gaze, stare); intently (e.g. listen, think); patiently (endure); stoically
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
preparation; arrangements
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
concentration; focusing; convergence; within a collection of works
mainly; chiefly; primarily; for the most part
first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface
indeed; really; very; extremely; absolutely; certainly
terminus; last stop (e.g. train)
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
frontage; width (of a building, plot of land, etc.); breadth (e.g. of one's knowledge); scope (e.g. of one's work); range
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
new building; new construction
counter for houses, households, apartments, etc.
to borrow; to have a loan; to hire; to rent; to buy on credit
opening a new shop; opening a shop (for the day)
ken (6 shaku, approx. 1.818 m); counter used to number the gaps between pillars
tenement house; row house
step; stair; grade; rank; counter for breaks in written language (or speech, etc.); dan
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)