multi-floor building; multi-storey building; bill; check; bill; promissory note
to lessen; to decrease; to diminish
little by little; bit by bit
scenery; scene; landscape; scene (e.g. of a crime)
somehow; somewhat; seemingly
car; automobile; vehicle; wheel; castor; caster
quantity; amount; generosity; magnanimity; pramana (means by which one gains accurate and valid knowledge; in Indian philosophy)
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase
city centre (esp. of Tokyo); heart of a city; downtown area
(looking) over the top of one's glasses; (looking) through a pair of glasses
(sense of) sight; eyesight; vision
perfectly; right on the mark; spot on; enough; sufficiently; thoroughly
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
striking a deal; coming to an agreement; making noodles by hand; making handmade noodles; manual input (on a computer, etc.); entering (text) by hand
buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum)
by the way; incidentally; well; even if; no matter (what, where, how, etc.)
absolutely; definitely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
to spread; to extend; to unfold; to open; to scatter about; to spread around
as fast as the wind, as quiet as the forest, as daring as fire, and immovable as the mountain
salt; common salt; hardship; toil; saltiness; cold
good(-tasting); nice; delicious; attractive (offer, opportunity, etc.); appealing; convenient
suffix for familiar person
bigfin reef squid (Sepioteuthis lessoniana); oval squid
one's body; one's person; oneself; one's appearance; one's place (in society, etc.); one's position
closing (properly); shutting; firmness; tightness; carefulness (with money); economy
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)
magazine; journal; periodical
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
mainly; primarily; mostly; largely; chiefly
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
local specialty; local special dish
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
devotion; attachment; obsession; infatuation; (romantic) obsession