to lessen; to decrease; to diminish
change; alternation; rotation; replacement; substitution; shift
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
custom; practice; convention; precedent
returning home to one's parents (orig. of a married person); visiting one's parents (for a prolonged period of stay); bride's first visit to her parents after getting married; coming back (of an item; after having been on loan, etc. abroad); (arch.) temporarily returning to one's home (of a servant)
daytime; during the day; Japan and China; Japanese-Chinese; Sino-Japanese
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
mountain; hill; mine; (mountain) forest; heap; pile; protruding or high part of an object
to swell; to rise; to bulge; to rouse; to get excited
time; season; period; phase; stage
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
deep emotion; strong feelings
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)
futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
to lie down; to throw oneself down
to digest; to break down; to break to pieces; to be able to use; to be good at; to finish; to complete
to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble
hello (e.g. on phone); excuse me! (when calling out to someone)
it's been a long time; long time no see
to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something
combination; union; combined; joint; congruence
thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow
call; summons; call; invocation; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse)
gofer; dogsbody; person who is made to do things or get things for someone else
so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with
day after tomorrow; wrong (e.g. direction)
abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning
party; social event; get-together; compas (Haitian dance music); konpa; kompa
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
second (unit of time); arc second
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
to run about; to rush about
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life