centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
delightful; satisfying; gratifying; brisk; piquant
to grow weak; to become weak; to lose strength
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
pulmonary alveolus; alveoli; lung cavity; air cell
to roughen (e.g. one's attitude); to raise (one's voice)
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how
to diffuse; to spread throughout; to prevail; to become widespread; to reach everyone
left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one
milli-; 10^-3; millimetre; millimeter
(with a) slap; smack; wham; sound of striking with something solid; zap; crack
(looking around) restlessly; (looking) all around; goggling
joint (knee, elbow, etc.)
to bend; to curve; to turn; to be awry; to be askew
flapping; rattling (sound); noisily; commotion; kerfuffle
hateful; abominable; poor-looking; amazing; fantastic; admirable
rival; opponent; revenge; (arch.) spouse
farewell gift; parting gift; viaticum
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any
to get mended; to be repaired; to return to normal; to recover (e.g. one's temper); to be corrected; to get put right; to come right
broken product; faulty product
deflation; contraction; shrinking; constriction
posture; pose; position; attitude; approach; stance
to creep about; to crawl around
use; exercise (of one's right, authority, power, etc.)
to stick up (hair, etc.); to stand up straight; to stand up abruptly; to jump to one's feet; to stand in one place, doing nothing in particular; to stand around
cannot be compared with; no match for
mysterious power of words to alter reality
to use up; to exhaust; to wear out
present (e.g. government, administration); current; existing