natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
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one o'clock; once; at one time; for a time; for a while; a time
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
depreciation; decline; fall; slump
sen (hundredth of a yen); coin made of non-precious materials; one-thousandth of a kan (as a unit of currency); (arch.) one-thousandth of a kan (as a unit of mass)
after an interval of ... years; for the first time in ... years
stand; rack; support; holder; counter for machines, incl. vehicles; setting (e.g. in jewellery); level (e.g. price level)
to cut into (a line, conversation, etc.); to force oneself into (e.g. a crowd); to wedge oneself into; to fall below (of stock prices, sales, etc.); to drop below
here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
huff!; yo-heave-ho!; heigh-ho; to butter up; to suck up to
complexion; one's colour; one's color; countenance; expression; one's face
slight cold; bit of a cold; touch of a cold; lingering cold
morning; breakfast; (arch.) next morning
one (esp. of two); the other; on the one hand; on the other hand; whereas; although
wherein; therein; thereinto
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
numeral; figure; digit; numeric character
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
goal; target; aim; mark; sign; landmark
considerably; greatly; a lot
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
time; season; period; phase; stage
to put into effect; to put into practice
just (now, at the moment, etc.); just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
collapse of bubble economy; economic bubble burst
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention
opening a business; opening a practice
publicity; advertisement; advertising; propaganda