office work; clerical work; administration; business; affairs
beforehand; in advance; previously
to seal (letter); to prevent; to forbid; to block
counter for articles; counter for military units; individual
Napoleon; napoleon (Japanese card game)
(practical) application; putting to practical use; applied
to divide; to cut; to halve; to break; to crack; to dilute; to fall below
to join together; to patch together
of late; lately; this part; this point; here
place; point; part; counter for places, parts, passages, etc.
to call dibs; to establish a claim; (lit.) to spit on (thus preventing others from taking it)
to rub; to chafe; to strike (match); to lose (e.g. a match); to forfeit; to squander one's money (e.g. through gambling, Pachinko, etc.)
joint; seam; joining point
(in gagaku or noh) middle section of a song
pillar; post; support; prop; counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.
to hit (e.g. one's head); to strike; to throw (e.g. a ball, a question, a demand); to express; to vent (e.g. one's anger)
cruel; merciless; atrocious; pitiful; tragic; horrible
to break into fragments; to go to pieces
profit; gains; benefit; advantage; grace (of God, Buddha, etc.) (esp. as attained through rightful actions, prayer, adherence to one's faith, etc.); blessing
to rebuke; to scold; to tell off; to question persistently (in order to criticize or find fault with somebody)
to remove; to clear away; to except from; to make an exception of; to lay aside; to set aside
counter for books; volume
to leave (in someone's keeping); to put (in someone's care); to put (someone) in charge of; to leave (a matter) in someone's hands; to lean on; to put one's weight on
all; whole; entire; complete (set); in total
letter (of alphabet); character; writing
record; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); results; to record; to document
gradually; by degrees; little by little; step by step
to take in one's hand; to pick up; to obtain
putting one's life on the line; staking one's life (on); risking one's life; life and death situation
if you think about it; come to think of it
to fall into someone's hands; to pass into another's possession
to have an eye on; to zero in on
travel; trip; journey; excursion; tour
to return; to come back; to turn over; to become extremely; to become completely
empty; void; vain; fruitless; lifeless
to disturb; to upset; to ruffle; to stir up; to mess up
to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal
phala (attained state, result); enlightenment (as the fruits of one's Buddhist practice); fruit; counter for pieces of fruit
never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up