finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
fashion; trend; vogue; prevalence (of a disease); epidemic
Western paper; paper manufactured in the Western manner
load; baggage; cargo; burden; responsibility
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
coincident with; while; simultaneously
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
taking; taker; last performer of the day (usu. the star performer); last performance of the day; active partner (e.g. in judo demonstration); emphatic or formal prefix
gradually; little by little; soon; before long; here and there; scattered
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context
here and there; everywhere
signboard; sign; draw; attraction; reputation (of a shop); name
popular entertainment; mass entertainment; public amusement
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
killing time; staving off boredom
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
big hit; big prize; bumper crop; striking it rich; right on the mark; bonanza
type of picture book popular in the late Edo period
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
oriental arbor-vita (Platycladus orientalis); oriental thuja
imperial capital (esp. Kyoto); final word of an iroha poem; 10^16; 10,000,000,000,000,000
successively; one after another
storytelling (of war chronicles, revenge tales, etc.) with highly dramatic delivery; story
detective; investigator; sleuth; detective work; secret investigation
robber; mugger; robbery; burglary
kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer
popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character
concentration; focusing; convergence; within a collection of works
to get slightly dirty (all over)
cover; front cover; wrapper; jacket
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
to pull; to draw; to string (lines); to run (cable); to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve); to drag; to haul