to drop; to light; to kindle; to make tea
to be good (at); to go well; to look (taste, etc.) good; to hold one's liquor; to be able to hold one's drink
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
back and front; inside and outside; inside out (e.g. clothing); double-dealing; two faces (cf. two-faced); outward appearance and actual condition
make-up; get-up; disguise; costume
to polish (up); to dress up
fortuitous; luck; windfall; godsend; good fortune
(on) one's own; (by) oneself
digging into (e.g. one's skin); cutting into; inroads (e.g. into a market); encroachment (e.g. on territory); deficit; loss
several years; a few years
rice cracker seasoned with soy sauce; salty rice cracker
side job; sideline; subsidiary business
baked sweet goods (e.g. Danish pastry, melon bread); sweet pastry; sweet bread
side; edge; beside; while (doing); in addition to; at the same time
as it is; as one likes; because; condition; state
helpless; forlorn; hopeless; unpromising; lonely; discouraging
dropping; unloading; grated vegetables, fruit, etc.; grater; using new tools (or clothes, etc.); new tools (or clothes, etc.)
bag; sack; skin of an orange (and other like fruits); dead end; plot of land surrounded by water
this and that; this or that; one thing or another; around; about; round about
to deduct; to take away; to make allowances for something; to bear something in mind; to ebb and flow
good performance; good work; great success
supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being
internal conditions; true state of affairs
inexpert or untrained eyes
next; secondly; subsequently
minute; fine; delicate; accurate; precise; elaborate
failure; defective article; dead loss; good-for-nothing; worthless person; flop
ill-natured; of mean disposition; malicious; poor-quality; of poor quality
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
to steal; to rob; to deceive; to trick; to graze (in passing); to skim; to appear and quickly disappear (a thought, a smile, etc.)
amount of damages or loss
to rise; to swell; to be promoted
Occident and Orient (esp. the Occident); ocean; sea; foreign; Western
chief; main; principal; main secondary or supporting role (in kyogen)
to count on; to expect; to put confidence in; to trust in; to depend on
main purpose; chief aim; focus; main point; gist; essence