to cover a surface; to spread all over; to blanket; to lay
tatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm)
precisely; exactly; plumb; damn; stupid; cursed
arm; automated retroactive minimal moderation; ARMM
edge; brink; verge; time; moment of
spelling; orthography; patching; binding
to pick up; to adopt (e.g. a proposal); to accept; to take away; to confiscate; to deliver (a baby)
to approach; to draw near
to move forward; to move on
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
it's different when ... but; it's not so bad when ... but
title; index; heading; headline; caption
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
to catch one's breath; to gulp; to have one's breath taken away; to gasp
medicine; agent; (chemical) substance; drug; dose
materials; data; document
deep blue; bright blue; ghastly pale; pallid; white as a sheet
to turn over; to turn pages of a book; to tear off; to strip off; to tear up
rule; (ruled) line; line (on a go board, shogi board, etc.)
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
order; ordering; beginning; start; foreword; preface
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to let live; to keep alive; to revive; to resuscitate
up to now; so far; traditional; conventional; usual
adhesive; agglutinant; pressure sensitive adhesive
not exceeding; and downward; below (e.g. standard); under (e.g. a level); the below-mentioned; the following
temporary; provisional; fictitious; assumed (name); hypothetical; theoretical
to take the name of; to call oneself; to pretend; to feign; to purport
big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)
magnification; enlargement; expansion; amplification
is something that; is that which
class; order; et cetera; etc.; equal; iso-
liquidity (esp. financial); fluidity; mobility (social, job, etc.)
material; substance; matter
model; type (e.g. of machine, goods, etc.); type; style; mold (mould); template; kata (standard form of a movement, posture, etc. in martial arts, sport, etc.)
often; again and again; frequently; repeatedly
link; connection; filler; stopgap (job, budget, etc.); thickener (e.g. in cooking); thickening; hedging
to play a role; to serve a function; to play a part