inclination; slant; slope; bevel; list; dip
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
to marry (a woman); to take to wife; to take in marriage
best regards; please remember me; please treat me favorably (favourably); please take care of
some time ago; the other day; at some time or other; once
bog; marsh; swamp; quandary; dire situation from which one cannot extricate oneself; imbroglio
to be defeated; to be beaten; to be unsuccessful; to lose
to deceive; to delude; to trick; to be as ... as ... (e.g. "as bright as day", "as beautiful as a rose")
France; French (language)
(not) in any way; in no way; at all; terribly; awfully; hopelessly
then; in that case; considering; if that is the case; if so
to bend; to crook; to lean; to tilt; to bend (the truth); to distort
showing no signs of; there being no hint of; (arch.) unthinkable
western direction; Western Pure Land (Amitabha's Buddhist paradise); western fighter in a match (e.g. sumo)
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
to closely resemble; to suit well; to match well; to go well with
leaving (e.g. work at end of day); withdrawal (e.g. from a noble's or superior's presence); exit (e.g. from a market)
seeing off; sending off; funeral; escapement
since long ago; already; for quite a while; for some time now
all one's life; throughout one's life; as long as one lives
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
playing; play (margin between on and off, gap before pressing button or lever has an effect)
to get tired of; to lose interest in; to be fed up with; to have enough
New Year's pine decoration
bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae); middle (of a three-tier ranking system)
driving away moles by hitting the ground with straw bundles prepared by children (esp. as an event on Koshougatsu)
error; mistake; fault; sin; wrongdoing; offense
department; section; course (of study); branch of study; (taxonomical) family
to celebrate; to congratulate; to present (a gift) in celebration; to drink in celebration; to wish for (a happy future, good fortune, etc.); to pray for
facing; opposite; across the street; other side
sound of the wind; voice of the wind
to be discouraged; to shrink from
to think out; to devise; to invent; to begin to think; to come up with a plan
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
to say; to speak; to tell; to talk
eggplant (Solanum melongena); aubergine
to pin down; to hold down; to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to get a hold of; to obtain