manual or physical labor; manual or physical labour
grace (of God); benevolence (of Buddha); assistance; help; effects; influence
hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour
important matter; matter of great importance; serious affair; major incident; emergency
to give advice; to counsel; to take part in a consultation
to run along; to run beside; to follow (a policy, plan, etc.); to act in accordance with; to meet (wishes, expectations, etc.); to satisfy
sense of inferiority; one's weak point
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
main; principal; main dish; main course; main part; principal part
Western painting; Western film; Western movie
single-theater; independent (cinema); art-house (film)
one's company; company one works for; in-house; belonging to the company
work (film, book); production; creation; turning (something) out
investment; contribution; financing
fee paid to performing artists, etc.; appearance fee
move with haste (when you have no doubts)
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
toilet; restroom; bathroom; lavatory
email; mail (usu. in compound words); post; message (sent over a chat application); instant message; male
to shorten; to cut short; to trim; to cut down on; to reduce; to scrimp on
yakitori; chicken pieces (or sometimes beef or pork offal) grilled on a skewer; grilled and skewered bird (esp. sparrow); failing to win a single hand during a half-game
Ebisu; god of fishing and commerce
thin rice porridge; watery cooked rice; rice gruel; congee
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
fine performance; tour de force
lovable; sweet; charming; pitiful; pathetic; touching
(one's) older sister; (one's) elder sister; girl
to wake up; to awake; to awaken to (instinct, ability, perception, etc.); to become aware of; to come to one's senses
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
impostor; imposter; pretender; liar
performance (e.g. music, dance, pantomime, etc.)
certain; some kind of; some sort of; of sorts
cheap-looking; tawdry; insignificant
talk (esp. by a talk-show host, or by a stage musician to the audience between songs); banter; talk show; toque
piece; slice; cloth; sharpness; agility; counter for scraps, pieces, etc.
war photographer; combat cameraman
to be tired of; to be sick of; to get fed up with