counter for books; volume
unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)
(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
(lucky) find; bargain; good buy; treasure trove
laws of nature; physical laws; physics
protection; defense; providence; amulet; charm
making; forming; cultivating; form; appearance
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
to flatter; to soft-soap; to sweet talk; to cajole; to instigate
possibly; by some possibility; perhaps
to float; to be suspended; to rise to the surface; to appear; to come to mind; to have inspiration
wonderful; splendid; magnificent
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
to read to the end; to read through; to read from cover to cover
at least; at most; (even) just
lottery; lot; raffle; draw
avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)
how; in what way; how about; questionable
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
feather; plume; wing; shuttlecock (in badminton)
to hit (e.g. to have a car hit someone); to run into; to reject; to deny; to eliminate; to exclude; to flip
India ink; China ink; ink (of a cuttlefish, etc.)
absolutely every little bit; everything from A to Z; systematically; thoroughly; one after another
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
gatekeeper; door guard; doorman; concierge; janitor
to turn; to revolve; to visit several places; to function well; to pass a certain time
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
sick person; patient; invalid
to get back; to regain; to recover; to make up (for); to catch up on
thief; burglar; robber; theft; burglary; robbery
wiles; sinister design; trick; conspiracy; intrigue
draw; tie; quits; even; square
to comfort; to console; to amuse
twentieth day of the month; twenty days
departure; departing (from ...); sending; sent (by ...); engine; counter for gunshots, bursts of gas, etc.
unintelligible language; incoherent language; talking nonsense; "all Greek to me"; double Dutch; (something) incomprehensible