in comparison to; rather than
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning
hello (e.g. on phone); excuse me! (when calling out to someone)
to increase; to add to; to augment
one tenth; one hundredth; one percent; one tenth of a sun; one quarter ryō (an old coin)
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
knack; skill; bone; skeleton; cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes
to meet; to assemble; to gather; to encounter; to run into
come, come; come; come now; here you go; here; when handing something
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
good; goodness; right; virtue
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
oden; dish of various ingredients, e.g. egg, daikon, potato, chikuwa, konnyaku, etc. stewed in soy-flavored dashi
tool; means; ingredients (added to soup, rice, etc.); counter for sets of armor, utensils, furniture, etc.
to soak; to dip; to steep; to moisten; to wet
flavor; flavour; charm; appeal; experience; taste (e.g. of victory)
to be dyed; to be tainted; to be infected; to be stained
to feel; to sense; to experience
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
ruling and opposition parties; parties in and out of power
(sudden) change; reversal; turn-around; coming from behind (baseball)
(political) administration; political power
to carry on one's shoulder; to shoulder; to bear; to bear (burden, responsibility, etc.); to take upon oneself
House of Representatives (lower house of the National Diet of Japan)
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)
superheating; overheating
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
ward; borough; city (in Tokyo); district (e.g. electoral); section; zone (e.g. postal)
ruling party; government party; party in power; government
people; citizens; subjects; folk
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
prime minister (as the head of a cabinet government); premier; leading; overseeing; leader