to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
playing; play (margin between on and off, gap before pressing button or lever has an effect)
change; conversion; transformation; transformation
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
people; men and women; each person; everybody
being enthusiastic about; being wild about; being absorbed in; being engrossed in; being devoted to
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
to come out; to fall out; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
to pour (into a vessel); to fill (a cup, bowl, etc.) with; to dish out (food or drink)
profile; face in profile; face seen from the side; (personal) profile; (biographical) sketch; outline (of someone's life)
for no particular reason; for some reason or other; somehow or other
to float upright in the cup (of a tea stem, as a sign of good luck)
to rub; to crumple; to massage; to argue; to have a heated discussion; to train; to coach
battle formation; camp; encampment; group; gang; war
tidying up; clearing up; cleaning up; clearing away; putting in order
cleaning; clean-up; garbage collection; scavenging
reaching a stopping place; settling down (before the next stage); getting to a point where one can rest; one paragraph
jūbako; multi-tiered food box; heavy; serious; extreme; -fold
(truck) load-carrying tray; (bicycle) luggage carrier; roof rack
materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis
back (esp. of a building, etc.); rear; behind
detached building; solitary house; room detached from main house; separation from; loss of interest in; independence of
cold room; refrigerated room; cold compartment (e.g. of a refrigerator)
work; operation; manufacturing; fatigue duty
business use; business purposes
bag; sack; skin of an orange (and other like fruits); dead end; plot of land surrounded by water
arm; skill; efforts; ability
proposal; offer; request; application
pleasant; agreeable; comfortable; refreshing
acknowledgement; acknowledgment; understanding (e.g. "please be understanding of the mess during our renovation"); noting; acceptance
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
lucky; nice!; score!; bingo!
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
year in, year out; always; 24-7
to work (someone) hard; to push (someone) around
I don't care; fine, whatever; that's okay; sure, go ahead
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
neck; head; dismissal; discharge