wise; sensible; well-advised; intelligent; sagacious; prudent
life plan; plan for one's life; planning one's life
to finger; to touch; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby
work (e.g. of art); production; harvest; cultivation; technique
review (of learned material); revision
counter for small animals; counter for rolls of cloth (two han in size); (arch.) counter for horses; roll of cloth
to arrange beforehand; to make a sign to each other; to conspire
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
good luck charm; uttered when using magic; abracadabra; presto
love affair; love relationship
not only ... (but also); not just; as well as
increasing; uploading; posting (e.g. content); close-up; finishing shooting (of a film, etc.); upswept hairstyle; being up (i.e. leading in sports)
motor nerve; reflexes; athletic ability; motor coordination
elevation; rise; improvement; advancement; progress
in name but not in reality
commodity; article of commerce; goods; stock; merchandise
genuine article; real thing; real deal
to be mixed; to be blended with; to be combined; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest
to be duplicated; to be repeated; to overlap; to fall together (of dates, etc.); to repeat (a failed course, school year, etc.); to make a double play
spurious article; forgery; counterfeit; imitation; sham
inferior goods; faulty item
one animal (small); (arch.) two-tan bolt of cloth
purification; cleanup (e.g. of politics); purge
extermination (e.g. of pests, demons, bandits); elimination; making someone renounce worldly desires in order to concentrate on Buddha's teachings; curing illness
no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it
to add (numbers); to add (something); to top up (with something); to take care of (e.g. one's business)
dozens; scores of; decades
change; alteration; substitute; rate of exchange
right arm; right-hand man; right hand; right-handed pitcher
to be meant for each other (of a man and woman); to be connected through fate; to be destined to marry (each other); (lit.) to be tied by the red string (of fate)
indiscrimination; without discrimination; indiscriminate
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)
sharpness; cutting ability; quickness (of wit); incisiveness; peppiness (of a ball)
knowing how to swim with the tide; being good at dealing with things
self-education; self-instruction; self-study
reading while standing (in a bookstore, etc.); browsing (i.e. reading an item but not buying it)
self-abasement; humility; self-depreciation