simultaneous; all at once
combination; union; combined; joint; congruence
to use; to make use of; to utilize; to utilise
anyone; anybody; everyone; whoever
to appear on the market; to be in season (e.g. of fruit); to circulate widely; to make the rounds; to go around
to decline (in prosperity); to become deserted; to become desolate; to taper off (of a sound)
bright person; talented student; prodigy
long time; several hours; long spell
buttocks; lower back; waist; kimono underskirt
to serve as a reference; to provide useful information; to be helpful; to be informative; to be instructive
financial power; financial means; wealth
ruin; destruction; devastation; waste; decay
lived-in feel (e.g. of a room); sense of life; hints of daily life
to burn down (to the ground); to clear away by burning; to reduce to ashes; to burn off
to lie in wait (for); to be on the watch (for); to wait (for); to watch (for)
manzai; comic dialogue; two-person comedy act, usu. presented as a fast-paced dialogue, occ. presented as a skit
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
business use; commercial use; professional use; industrial use
safe; strongbox; cashbox; depository; cash office; treasury
science institute; scientific laboratory
corpuscle; minute particle; particulate
at a stroke; with a single swoop
recollection; reminiscence
appreciation (of art, music, poetry, etc.)
purple; violet; purple gromwell (Lithospermum erythrorhizon); red gromwell; soy sauce
to fit (e.g. a pane into a frame); to set (e.g. a diamond); to plug in (to a formula); to entrap; to take (someone) in
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
refreshing; exhilarating; invigorating; bracing
to be certain of; to have faith in; to believe completely; to trust (someone completely)
godsend; lifesaver; timely offer; windfall
unmistakable; evident; obvious; certain; beyond doubt
temporary (suspension) bridge; makeshift bridge; bridge (between cultures, generations, etc.); link; walkway (constructed on a cliff face); plank path
courtyard; quadrangle; middle court
bed; bedding; sickbed; alcove; riverbed; seedbed; straw "core" of a tatami mat