to change; to exchange; to convert; to renew; to throw a switch; to replace
to force open; to push open
to partition; to divide; to direct; to manage; to settle accounts; to assume a crouching posture (at the start of a bout)
sparse; thin; scattered; straggling; sporadic
to turn over; to turn pages of a book; to tear off; to strip off; to tear up
indeed; really; truly; very much
to suck up; to absorb; to squeeze (money)
library (usu. single-room); small library
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
aliteracy; loss of interest in or shift away from reading (especially serious) books or literature
utilization rate; capacity factor; utilization factor; coefficient of use
fall; decline; lowering; deterioration; degradation
striking; remarkable; considerable
conditionally; with conditions attached
opening (a door, window, etc.); leaving open; opening up (e.g. to the public); allowing (public) access
wearisome; insipid; dull; irksome; wretched; vain
war; battle; match; game; competition
loss; defeat; counter for losses
consecutive defeats; series of defeats
highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road; highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...); subdistrict (in China)
to joke around; to do and say ridiculous things
second year of junior high school; second-year junior high school student
action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation
as (for); for; in the capacity of
extremely; in the extreme; knows no bounds (e.g. rudeness); boundless (e.g. universe, ocean); limitless
to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
smiling; beaming; radiant; bright; cheerful
shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
anpan; bread roll filled with red bean paste
last moment; eleventh hour; platform made of dirt used to perform executions (decapitations) in the Edo period
to put on weight; to gain weight; to grow fat; to get stout
third day of the month; three days
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
to incur divine punishment; to pay for one's sins; you'll pay for that!; what goes around, comes around
gelidium jelly strips (made from agar-agar); prostate orgasm
please; somehow or other; one way or another
tempura; deep-fried fish and vegetables in a light batter