advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful
to gain experience; to get accustomed (with something)
combat; battle; action; active service; actual fighting
old friend; old acquaintance
finishing blow; coup de grâce
first-rate; finest quality; the best
to be helpful; to be dependable; to stand by (someone)
proposal; offer; request; application
cutting in two with a single stroke; taking decisive action; dealing with decisively; cutting the (Gordian) knot
query; interrogation; enquiry; question; inquiry
appearing and disappearing; slipping in and out of view
to push someone (towards); to encourage someone
rapid development; rapid unfolding
surely; certainly; without doubt
extension; elongation; prolongation; Enchō era (923.4.11-931.4.26)
urban areas; the streets; town; city
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
limits; boundary; domain; area (e.g. in programming languages)
opening a new shop; opening a shop (for the day)
stone paving; cobble paving; stone steps; check (pattern); pavé; rectangular dessert (usu. made from chocolate or several layers of sponge cake)
foreigner (esp. one of European ancestry); gaijin; (arch.) outsider
to get (a joke or explanation); to strike home; to click; to know intuitively
to look upwards; to look up
strength and weakness; (degree of) strength; stress (of a sound); loudness
substitution; replacement; shifting; change
by (means of); by doing; due to; via; through
abundant harvest; bumper crop
mechanism; machinery; trick; dodge; mechanical doll; string puppet
flag; tag indicating a future role or status for a character in anime, games, etc. (e.g. death, love, survival)
manic depression; mood swing
prosperity; bustle; activity; crowd; turnout
old clothes; secondhand clothing
tailoring; dressmaking; sewing; making; preparation
aizuchi; back-channeling; interjections indicating that one is paying attention; two smiths hammering at an object in turn
to squat; to crouch down (completely, generally with face looking through knees)
looking for a particular person or thing; searching high and low; hunting for; picking out; singling out