to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
progress; pace; carriage; step; stage
mourning clothes; mourning attire; mourning dress
exposure; laying bare; exposure; (media) exposure; appearance (on TV, in magazines, etc.)
make-up; makeup; cosmetics; decoration; dressing; veneer
showy; loud; flashy; gaudy
to be conspicuous; to stand out
distance; range; difference (e.g. in opinion); gap; metric
eyesight; vision; visual acuity
ordinary person; run-of-the-mill people; John Doe; Jane Doe
information; news; information (data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.); informatics (as a subject)
pluralizing suffix; or so; rough indicator of direction, location, amount, etc.; nominalizing suffix
bento; Japanese box lunch
preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
going to work; leaving for work; attendance (at work); being at work; presence (in the office); reporting for work
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...
type of occupation; occupational category
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
to get dark; to grow dark; to end (of a day, year, season, etc.); to come to an end; to be sunk in (e.g. despair); to be lost in (e.g. thought)
to cry one's eyes out; to make one's eyes swollen from crying
to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)
to feel keenly; to strike to the core; to touch to the quick; to pierce deep inside (e.g. of cold)
oneself (itself, etc.); I; me; you; by oneself (itself, etc.); interjection expressing anger or chagrin
to impose (a tax, fine, etc.); to levy; to assign (a task, duty, etc.); to give; to set
law; regulation; rule; code; agreement; arrangement
no matter what; whatever happens; in any situation; rain or shine
one night; one evening; all night; overnight
to lose completely; to waste; to let slip away
life; living; livelihood; (one's) living
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
to notice; to realize; to realise; to regain consciousness; to come to (one's senses); to come round
to put (into); to put away (in); to pay (fees, taxes, etc.); to deliver; to accept (a gift or money); to keep (within a limit); to offer (to a shrine, deity, etc.)
almost; nearly; for the most part; roughly; approximately; about
to end; to come to an end; to finish; to complete; to finish doing; to be past its (one's) prime
one tenth; one hundredth; one percent; one tenth of a sun; one quarter ryō (an old coin)