eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; used for soft emphasis or to soften a statement or request; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.
bad (feeling, impression, attitude); creepy; disgusting
bugling (sound); honking; grumbling; complaining; car; automobile
to be seen; to be visible; to look; to seem; to come
helpful person; person who likes looking after others; overly helpful person; annoyingly helpful person; manager; go-between
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
goods; materials; commodities; resources; supplies
to lessen; to decrease; to diminish
expressly; especially; specially; intentionally; deliberately; on purpose
defense; defence; protection
town; city; municipal; urban
to buy; to purchase; to value (highly); to think highly of; to incur (someone's anger, displeasure, etc.); to elicit (e.g. sneers)
in so doing; when you do so; in this regard; on this occasion; some time during that period
single word; a few words; brief comment
to complain; to make a complaint
making a round trip; going and returning; round-trip ticket; return ticket; correspondence; exchanging (of letters)
a few hours; several hours; a couple of hours
to succeed (in doing); to manage to do; to accomplish; to carry off; to pull off
influential person; powerful person; big wheel; big gun; power behind the throne
to cut corners; to be shoddy; to slack off; to play a tenuki; to tenuki
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
watch; guard; lookout; surveillance; watchman; sentinel
to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)
serious crime; grave sin; mortal sin; deadly sin
occurrence; incidence; generation (of power, heat, etc.); production; ontogeny; development
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
to be inferior to; to be less good at; to fall behind
all one's power (strength, energy, efforts); one's utmost
to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to
to reach the point where ...; to come to ...; to come to be that ...; to start to ...; to begin to ...
to pin (someone) down; to hold down; to shut out (one's opponent); to keep (the opposing team) from scoring; to suppress; to control
serious; not joking; straight; (arch.) cannot; (arch.) should not; (arch.) will not
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
liking; being fond of; liking (romantically); being in love with; faddism; eccentricity
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
dizzily; giddily; spinning; boiling up
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
opening fully; full throttle; full power
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few