trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern
coming to nothing; bubble on the surface of water; something that is short-lived
mobile telephone; cellular telephone
head (chief, director) of a section or department; head of a (school) club; head of a (school) team
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
new rice field; newly developed rice field; wasteland or marshland newly reclaimed as a rice field (Edo period)
thank you for your hard work; I appreciate your efforts
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
(for) how many days; what day (of the month)
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
entirely; completely; all; nothing but
one day; all day (long); throughout the day; first day of the month
rest; recess; vacation; holiday; dormancy (of a silkworm prior to moulting)
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
in comparison to; rather than
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
if (it) doesn't exist; if there is no ...; if not ...; unless ...; have to ...; must ...
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
twenty-third day of the month; twenty-three days
order; command; decree; (software) instruction; statement
retirement age; (arch.) years of service in a military rank before eligibility for promotion
self restraint; moderating one's behaviour; penitence; confinement to one's home; house arrest
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
un-; non-; negative prefix
authority; expert; counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.; understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; supernatural powers
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
favorite phrase; favourite phrase; byword; something one always talks about
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
in that way; thus; so; so?
economic slump; hard times; poor (business); dull; gloomy; cheerless
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
pink; erotic (usually used in relation to the sex industry); blue; pornographic
how many years; how long; what year
style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow