exact calculation; squaring of accounts; adjustment
betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
root; source; origin; cause
arrest; apprehension; capture
to descend; to stoop; to degrade oneself; to be reduced to
plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit
suitcase; trunk; trunk (of a car); boot; (trunk) line
to hew; to chop up; to mangle; to mince
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
to grow cold (from room temperature, e.g. in refrigerator); to get chilly; to cool down
to put on (coat, gown, etc.)
to become covered in moss; to become mossy; to grow over with moss; to become aged; to grow old
to fly about; to skip about; to bustle about
to tower over the surroundings
side gate; side door; service entrance
semicircle; hemicycle; half globe; to go halfway round (e.g. the earth)
first thing in the morning
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
guidance; leading; induction; introduction; incitement; inducement
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
to get excited; to make one's heart leap; to make one's heart pound
eternity; permanence; perpetuity; Eikyū era (1113.7.13-1118.4.3)
something to rely on; aid; someone to rely on; relative; reminder; memento
to subsist; to keep on living
twelve o'clock; noon; midnight
considerably; greatly; a lot
heavy (feeling, etc.); gloomy (weather, etc.); oppressive (atmosphere, etc.); stifling; strained
to hang over; to shroud; to enshroud; to envelop; to screen
to run off; to break into a run; to start running
actually; really; truly; in practice; practically
lunch; midday meal; food served at a tea party (tea ceremony)
working in the fields; working on a farm
domestic animals; livestock; cattle
care; looking after; trouble; bother; good offices; recommendation
dwelling; house; residence; den; habitat