acid; sourness; sour taste
broken piece; below (a certain level, point, quantity, etc.); dropping below; illegal downloading and distribution of commercial software; warez
disposal; throwing away; dealing with (a problem); measure; punishment; penalty
half; semi-; half-past; odd number; (arch.) unit of land area (595.8 m^2)
shopping; purchased goods
older brother; elder brother
solo exhibition; one-man exhibition; one-woman exhibition
news of someone's death; obituary
previous day; day before; eve; prior day; preceding day
successor; replacement; second wife
candidate; contender; prospect; candidacy; candidature; nomination
backing (for a position); giving support to; helping (someone) to a position
consideration; examination; investigation; study; scrutiny; discussion
favorite (to win); favourite; likely winner; one's heart's desire; first choice
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life
education for governing as a monarch; kingcraft
to grant; to give; to confer; to teach; to instruct; to impart (knowledge)
a rival horse or candidate
working one's way up; self-made person; veteran
taste (in fashion, music, etc.); sense (e.g. of humour); flair
to groan; to moan; to roar; to howl; to hum (engine, wind, etc.); to buzz; to ooh and aah (in admiration)
Heisei era (1989.1.8-2019.4.30)
hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no
naming; nominating; designating; calling on; asking for; requesting
to raise; to bring to (someone's attention); to appeal to (reason, emotions, etc.); to work on (one's emotions); to complain; to sue (a person)
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
to hand over; to transfer; to give up (e.g. one's seat); to give way; to yield; to concede
to flare up; to fly into a rage
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
to feel around for; to fumble for; to investigate; to probe into; to explore (parts unknown); to enjoy (natural beauty)
to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light