box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
to leave as it is; to defer
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
trade; buying and selling; trafficking (e.g. of humans, arms, drugs); dealing
firm promise; definite promise
trade; business; commerce; occupation; calling; profession
to hand over; to surrender
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
great; grand; (arch.) obstinate; (arch.) stubborn
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
dried squid; dried cuttlefish
indicates uncertainty or second hand nature of information quoted
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
(some) more; even more; longer; further
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
type; kind; type (of person); (ideal) type; typewriter; typing
to send (someone) back; to send (someone) home
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
getting (something); obtaining; scoring (goal, point, etc.)
group; party; team; squad; section
copying; duplication; reproduction; copy
young man; youth; lad; servant boy; young shopboy
yes; sure; gotcha; sycophantically; servilely; fawningly
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
to be popular (esp. with the opposite sex); to be well liked; to be pampered (spoiled, doted upon, etc.); to be welcomed
(giving) instruction; initiation
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
operating together; working together; being linked (to); being tied (to); being connected (with); interlocking
launching (e.g. newspaper); first issue
to start work (on); to undertake; to start committing a crime; embarkation; launch
should; must; -able; probably; likely
general idea; concept; notion
continuation; succession; series
relation; connection; relevance
to lean (to one side); to incline; to be unbalanced (e.g. diet); to be unduly weighted towards; to be partial; to be biased
tide; current; tendency; trend