scale (of fish, snake, etc.); serif (on kana or kanji (e.g. in Mincho font))
feather; plume; wing; blade (of a fan, propeller, etc.); shuttlecock (in badminton); shuttlecock (in hanetsuki); arrow feathers
gem; jewel; precious stone
now that; since; so long as; because
sooner or later; in time; eventually
to depart (on a plane, train, etc.)
matter of time; question of time
fortified city; walled city
town; block; street; road; 109.09 m; 0.99 hectares
requisition; requisitioning; seizure; confiscation; impounding; retaining (e.g. deposit)
priority; order of precedence
double-dealing; double tongue; going back on what one has said; repeating oneself
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
to read and understand; to subject to close analysis; to read deeply; to decipher; to decode
obi; kimono sash; paper wrapper on books, CDs, etc.; band; belt; cingulum
to bend; to curve; to turn; to be awry; to be askew
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
to take part in; to be a party to; to side with; to support; to agree with
to swindle out of; to cheat out of; to defraud of; to misrepresent oneself as; to pretend to be; to assume (a name or title)
to drag down; to pull down; to force out (of power, office, role, etc.)
performance (of a duty); fulfillment (of a promise); fulfilment; execution (of a contract); discharge; implementation
to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)
to rise up (e.g. pillar of smoke); to go up
bored; having nothing to do; idle
to be anxious or concerned about; to ponder (anxiously); to fear; to investigate; to consider; to plan
power of recovery; ability to recuperate; resilience
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
exactly as stated; verbatim
standing figure; standing posture; dancing pose
haggardness; emaciation; wasting away; being tired out; being worn out; exhaustion
obvious; clear; plain; evident; apparent; explicit
to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death); to bequeath
cause and effect; causality; karma; fate; unfortunate; unlucky
to become quiet; to quiet down; to quieten down; to calm down; to die down; to subside
influential; prominent; strong; likely; plausible
hateful; abominable; poor-looking; amazing; fantastic; admirable
comparatively; relatively; unexpectedly; unusually; considering; for one's ...
complexion; one's colour; one's color; countenance; expression; one's face
positive and negative; +-; plus and minus