minute adjustment; fine tuning
hand-to-hand fighting; grappling; scuffling
if you think about it; come to think of it
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
to sniff around; to snoop around; to nose about
to kill; to defeat; to beat
(sound of) laughter; laughing voice
innumerable; countless; numberless
to overestimate (someone); to overrate; to think too highly of; to make too much of; to give (someone) too much credit
principal occupation; core business
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
hard (on the ears); offensive (to the ear); rasping; rough; harsh; grating
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
independence; self-reliance
operation (of machine); operating; running; working
reappearance; reemergence; return; reproduction; reenactment; recreation
desire; wish; request; entreaty; prayer; (written) application
show; performance; act; entertainment industry; show business
in regard to; concerning (usu. of disputes)
curious; strange; unusual
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
large attendance; full house; capacity audience
certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid
personnel expenses; labor cost; labour cost; indirect labour costs; indirect labor costs
index finger; forefinger; second toe
circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle
mark; sign; symbol; emblem; badge; crest
face; mask; face guard; (in kendo) striking the head; surface (esp. a geometrical surface); page; aspect
appearance; (outward) looks; exterior appearance
to talk; to chat; to chatter
intently; single-mindedly; devotedly; solely; earnestly; with all one's heart
superficial; apparent; seeming; surface; cosmetic
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
while alive; during one's lifetime
economy; economics; finance; (one's) finances; being economical; economy