to get back; to regain; to recover; to make up (for); to catch up on
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
reaction; response; reaction
to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten
grain; bead; drop; counter for small round objects including grains, seeds, pills, drops
(husked grains of) rice; staple (product, etc.); necessity
thrifty person; frugal person; economizer
then; and then; and; if so; because then; if that's the case
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than
dot; spot; mark (in an exam, etc.); grade; point (in a game); score; point (in geometry)
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
komejirushi; Japanese punctuation mark similar in usage to an asterisk
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
end (e.g. of report, document, paragraph, etc.)
to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand
because; the reason is; if you want to know why
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
absolutely normal; perfectly commonplace; taken for granted
cash; ready money; money on hand; mercenary; self-interested; calculating
running (of a car, bus, etc.); traveling; travelling; running (of a program)
to pin down; to hold down; to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to get a hold of; to obtain
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
be supposed or expected to (do); be sure to (do); ought to (do)
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
warrant; summons; written order
premises search; household search
revenue office; taxation bureau
actually; really; truly; in practice; practically
very small amount; insignificant thing; negligible amount
including a sum of money in one's calculations; appropriation (a sum of money)
profit; gains; benefit; advantage; grace (of God, Buddha, etc.) (esp. as attained through rightful actions, prayer, adherence to one's faith, etc.); blessing
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
(being in) the red; deficit; red letter; red writing; corrections (by a teacher or proofreader) written in red
leak (of information); leakage (of electricity)
engine; agency; organisation; system; facility
just; justifiable; right; due; proper; equitable
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
method; process; manner; way; means; technique