counter for flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper); (arch.) counter for positions or roles; (arch.) counter for food portions (now only gyōza and soba); counter for ranking level
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking
probability; likelihood; chances
to be disconnected; to get out of place; to miss the mark; to get it wrong (e.g. guess, expectation); to be removed; to be excluded
advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
fraud; trickery; hoax; swindle; counterfeit; fake
joint; knuckle; tune; melody; knot (in wood); node in a bamboo stem
capital; funds; seed money; asset
to withdraw; to leave; to retire; to back down; to give up
no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it
out of one's league; facing a too tough opponent; outclassed
to be in a hurry; to be impatient; to be anxious (to do); to get a fright; to panic; to get flustered
slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
dividing for administrative purposes; partition; division
to throw; to hurl; to give up; to abandon; to cast (a glance, shadow, doubt, etc.)
to ask a big favour; to ask unreasonable things; to be unreasonable
to be effective; to be fruitful; to be worthwhile; to be worth; to be rewarded; to pay off
to pick up; to find; to gather
shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma
to hang one's head; to droop one's head
to be sticky; to be adhesive; to persevere; to persist; to stick to
recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement
to offer for sale; to put on the market
natural extinction; dying a natural death; coming to a natural end
to face (each other); to be facing; to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to receive (a client, etc.); to compare with
cart (esp. a food cart); stall; festival float; portable shrine dedicated to a god and shaped like a house; stage prop fashioned after a large building; framework (of a house, etc.)
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
chorus; singing in a chorus
cheers; bottoms-up; toast; drink (in celebration or in honor of something); drinking one's glass dry
to repeat; to do something over again
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
the good old days; halcyon days
devoted; self-sacrificing
to behave; to conduct oneself; to entertain; to treat someone (to a drink); to make tea for someone (tea ceremony)
art; craft; accomplishment; artistic skill; technique; performance