final; eventual; ultimate
(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely
to polish up (on); to refine; to hone; to polish (by rubbing)
calendar; calender (machine for flattening things)
to hold back (e.g. emotions); to rein in (e.g. a horse, unruly people); to get the better of; to control; to command
equality; impartiality; evenness
bargaining; haggling; tactics; strategy
one thin flat object; one sheet
woman's heart; female instincts or psychology
to excite; to incite; to stimulate; to arouse; to tempt; to stir up
just one person; only one
programme; program; plans; arrangements
actually; really; truly; in practice; practically
invalid; void; ineffective; unavailable
cutting a person down (without a second thought); sacrificing; throwing to the wolves; omission; rounding down (e.g. fractions); truncation
enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten
knowledge; awareness; consent; acceptance; forgiving; pardoning
meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club
board of directors; board of trustees
performance (at a party or banquet, etc.); side show; entertainment
people; (all) persons; you (usu. plural); various
what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?
nice; good; well-executed
honor; honour; credit; prestige
political and business circles; political and business establishment; politics and industry
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat
to brace oneself; to focus one's energies; to focus one's mind
feeling of tension; air of tension; tension; nervousness
(real) ability; true strength; merit; arms; force
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
energy; vigor; vigour; vitality
to pour (into); to sprinkle on (from above); to water (e.g. plants); to shed (tears); to concentrate one's energy (strength, attention, etc.) on; to devote to; to flow into (e.g. of a river)
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
right; right-hand side; afore-mentioned (esp. in vertical Japanese writing); foregoing; forgoing
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
lowness (of degree, value, etc.); inferiority; second volume (of two); third volume (of three)
old girl; former female student; alumna; office girl
of uncertain meaning; ambiguous; cryptic; nonsensical; incomprehensible; perplexing
Japan Self-Defense Forces; JSDF; self-defence force; self-defense force
first year (of an imperial era); year something (important) first happened or began