to need; to demand; to take; to require
establishing a club (at a school, college, etc.); establishing a division (in a company)
signboard; sign; draw; attraction; reputation (of a shop); name
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
free translation; liberal translation
you are quite right; reasonable; natural; just
(one) matter; (one) item; (one) case
happy; auspicious; propitious; naive
good luck; fortune; happiness; harvest; yield
contrary to expectations; or so we thought, but ...
connection; attachment; changing trains; conjunction
reader (person); person who reads the cards (in karuta games); composer (of a poem)
to stray from the right path; to go wrong; to go off the rails; to turn delinquent
ill will; spite; bad meaning; mala fides; bad faith; malice
loud laughter; roaring with laughter
suddenly (hit); with a slap; sharply (glance, glare, etc.); fiercely; suddenly; all of a sudden
to vanish gradually (e.g. of a voice); to trail off; to die away; to feel one's soul leaving one's body (from embarrassment, grief, etc.); to feel faint; to feel numb
piece (in shogi, chess, etc.); (arch.) horse; (arch.) foal; bridge (of a violin, etc.)
capacity; volume; capacitance
limiter (electronics); (speed) limiter
originally; primarily; essentially; intrinsically; proper; rightful
sad to say; how sad; alas
work; book; (a book) by; obvious; striking
restriction; restraint; limitation; limit
established practice; custom
to be disheartened; to be dejected; to be discouraged; suddenly (losing a lot of weight); looking emaciated; becoming very thin
shaking (something) out; starting point; beginning; drawing (e.g. of a bill); issue; throw (of dice); infusion (remedy)
to compare (something) to; to liken; to speak figuratively; to use a simile; to use a metaphor
(logical) true; regular; 10^40; ten thousand undecillion; original; positive
to have an eye on; to zero in on
also known as; also called
commodity; article of commerce; goods; stock; merchandise
enough; sufficient; plenty; sufficiently; fully; thoroughly
to sink (e.g. a ship); to submerge; to lower (e.g. one's body into a chair); to floor (an opponent)
disk; disc; tray; shallow bowl; grid; board (e.g. in shogi)
to select; to choose; to diagnose (an illness); to judge; to liken to something else; to regard as something else (e.g. to use another person as a mirror); to see someone off
stylish; smart; high collar; hair dressed in a western style; to dress in the latest Western fashion
intention; wish; purpose; mind (to do)
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)