cleaning up; sweeping up; mopping up
work; operation; manufacturing; fatigue duty
to be prolonged; to drag on
application; request; petition
remuneration; recompense; reward; toll
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
kimono; Japanese traditional clothing (esp. full-length); clothing; clothes
measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)
order of chivalry; chivalric order
should; must; -able; probably; likely
sorrow; grief; anguish; trouble; affliction; anxiety
statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal
to look (stare) back at (somebody); to look at again; to re-examine; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to look back (behind oneself)
war; battle; match; game; competition
small fish; small fry; (a) nobody; small fry; unimportant person
assistant; associate; duplicate; copy; adverb
to forge; to temper; to drill; to train; to discipline
to some extent; to a certain extent
suffix for familiar person
to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to; to passively leave to someone else's facilities; to leave to take its natural course; to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim); to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done
to sink; to go under; to go down (e.g. sun); to set; to feel depressed; to become subdued
that's a different matter; that's a different story
sleeping during the day; (afternoon) nap; siesta
lively; active; vigorous; animated; brisk
to move; to stir; to operate; to run; to make a move; to take action; to be touched
nocturnality; nocturnal habits
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh
earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)
left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one
to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (somebody)
just (now, at the moment, etc.); just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
throwing down multiple objects in succession; at once in great numbers
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; around; about; for instance; say
(many) trees; every tree; all kinds of trees
to shake; to sway; to waver
leaf; blade (of grass); (pine) needle
to rub against; to chafe; to quarrel