not only ... (but also); not just; as well as
original proposer; originator; proponent; initiator
chemical substances; chemicals
to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
three days and three nights
gas (state of matter, e.g. poison gas, natural gas); gasoline; gas; dense fog; thick fog; gas stove
separation; partition; detachment; segregation; isolation
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
operation; management; handling; manipulating (to one's benefit); manipulation; influencing
pole; rod; line; dash; spoken monotonously
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
deed; act; work; performance
to consider as; to regard (as equivalent); to deem (as); to equate
earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)
gold nugget; gold bullion; gold bar; gold ingot
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
to take out; to produce; to pick out; to fetch; to retrieve
to laugh mockingly; to smile with contempt; to jeer; to sneer
to hear a rumor; to get wind of
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
actual article or goods; spots (stocks, foreign exchange, commodities, etc.); (in) kind (income, benefit, rent, taxes, investment, etc.)
to dislocate one's back; to be unable to stand up due to fear or surprise
complete change; about-face
to spend a fortune; to pay a high price
to buy (of a government, public agency, etc. from a private citizen); to purchase; to buy up (all of something)
to move; to stir; to operate; to run; to make a move; to take action; to be touched
company; corporation; workplace
to start (something); to start up; to boot (a computer); to launch (a business)
revolution; 58th year of the sexagenary cycle (in Onmyōdō)