to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
unevenness; roughness; ruggedness; inequality; imbalance; unevenness
large; large-sized; large-scale; big
acting rashly; running wildly; runaway (process); reckless baserunning
to clamour; to crowd; to jostle
lacking a plan; haphazard
fairness; openness; impartiality; Komeito (Japanese political party)
10^8; 100,000,000; hundred million
people; race; nation; ethnic group; ethnos
related to; in relation to; as far as ... is concerned
with a clash; with a thud; unexpectedly (meeting someone); suddenly (ending); abruptly (coming to a halt)
ruin; destruction; devastation; waste; decay
some time ago; recently; lately; last (Sunday, etc.); previous
two reams (of paper); 1000 sheets (of paper); stanza; verse; tribe (in taxonomy); forecast (bet); bet which predicts the top 2 finishers (i.e. quinella or perfecta bet)
revolution; 58th year of the sexagenary cycle (in Onmyōdō)
argument; discussion; theory (e.g. of evolution); doctrine; essay; treatise
you (plural); all of you; you all
to fall into someone's hands; to pass into another's possession
brokering; broker; handing materials up a ladder (to a plasterer); assistant who hands things up a ladder (to a plasterer); pole used to hand things up a ladder
bond; bill; certificate; security
to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal
to be hard pressed; to be at a loss; to become poor; to be reduced to poverty
super-; ultra-; extremely; really; over; more than
to worry (about); to fret (over); to be anxious
miserable; wretched; unhappy; sad; pitiable
deep emotion; strong feelings
to hand over; to transfer; to give up (e.g. one's seat); to give way; to yield; to concede
six (long cylindrical things)
text (of a book, document, etc.); body (of a letter); this passage; this sentence
(growing) quickly (esp. children, plants); (developing) quickly; fast; rapidly
sacred lotus (Nelumbo nucifera); Indian lotus; lotus
(raised) footpath between rice fields; ridge between rice fields
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape)
here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up
sigh (of admiration or lamentation)