descent; fall; drop; decline; downturn; subsidence
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
floating; drifting; suspension; (arch.) wandering (about)
water (esp. cool or cold); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
silence (not speaking); muteness
to finger; to touch; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby
office worker; company employee; company man; salaryman
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
making a round trip; going and returning; round-trip ticket; return ticket; correspondence; exchanging (of letters)
as one would expect from ...; given that ... (naturally ...); because ...; for good reason; there is a (good) reason that ...
before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end
one's body; one's person; oneself; one's appearance; one's place (in society, etc.); one's position
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
to gasp; to pant; to breathe hard; to suffer; to struggle
top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes; ruler and ruled
reversal (of a situation); turnaround; turnabout; reversal (of direction of rotation)
uncomfortable feeling; feeling out of place; sense of discomfort; malaise; physical unease
originally; primarily; essentially; intrinsically; proper; rightful
inverted; upside down; reversed; back to front; wrong way round
traction; towing; hauling; driving (e.g. economic growth)
to change (to); to switch (to); to be replaced (by)
dropping; unloading; grated vegetables, fruit, etc.; grater; using new tools (or clothes, etc.); new tools (or clothes, etc.)
beforehand; in advance; ahead of time; previously
pulling up; drawing up; raising; increase; repatriation; evacuation
pushing back one's opponent while locked in close quarters; having a tendency towards; being close to
side; edge; beside; while (doing); in addition to; at the same time
girl (usu. between 7 and 17); young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryō period)
the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
to paste; to stick; to affix; to station; to post
true character; true form; true colors; consciousness; one's senses
atmosphere; air; magnanimous; generous; large-hearted
among (other things); especially; particularly; at the same time; simultaneously; at once
medium (size); average (grade, level, etc.); in; within; during; while; currently (doing)
effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
emotional strength; force of will
mochi; small rice cake made from glutinous rice