to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)
to make a slip of the tongue; to let something slip
dwelling; house; residence; living; life
first floor; ground floor; one floor; one storey; one rank
management; administration; cutting up and serving food; cut and fill (e.g. earthwork)
(your) business; (your) concern; (customer's) order; official business (of the government, Imperial Court, etc.); arrest; capture
to be much obliged (to someone); to receive favor (favour); to be indebted; to be grateful
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
just past noon; afternoon
in the company of; accompanied by ...; as a group comprising ...; likes of ...
asking; enquiring; searching; looking for
fate; destiny; connection; tie; pretext; justification
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
many; much; a great amount; (arch.) excessive amount
piling up high (food in a bowl); filling (a bowl); heaped bowl
last (i.e. immediately preceding); previous; pre- (e.g. premodern); before; before; earlier
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
to entrust; to leave to a person
prosperity; flourishing; thriving
to guide; to lead; to show the way; to derive; to deduce
paper store; paper merchant; paper seller; papermaking; papermaker
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
side (of something, or taking someone's side); part; (watch) case
to face (each other); to be facing; to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to receive (a client, etc.); to compare with
malicious (at heart); spiteful; wicked
superior; superiors; senior
to toady; to be obsequious
to ill-treat; to bully; to torment; to be tough on (e.g. one's body); to treat harshly
to condemn; to blame; to urge; to press; to torture; to torment
to show contempt for; to look down upon; to have a low opinion of; to cause to fall; to make decline
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
to give up on; to turn one's back (on); to abandon; to forsake; to dump (e.g. romantic partner)
because of; on account of; regarding; per; apiece
nail (e.g. fingernail, toenail); claw; plectrum; pick; hook; clasp
immediately; right away; at once; easily; readily
stubbornness; obstinacy; disposition; nature; appetite; desire
to repeat; to do something over again
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less