to be sluggish (business); to make little progress; to not grow as much as expected
circulation; rotation; cycle; loop
naturally; of course; understandably
valid; effective; yuko (judo)
to stay (at); to stop (at)
to make time; to carve out some time (to do something)
simplicity; convenience; easiness; quasi-
wide-width (e.g. cloth); broad
opposition; rebellion; rebounding; recoiling; rally (e.g. in stock prices); recovery
deck (e.g. ship, tape, cassette, observation, train vestibule)
complaint; troubles; objection; grievance
acting as agent; acting on (someone's) behalf; executing business for
taking no notice; ignoring; not even looking at
to put to use; to make good use of; to exploit
knit; knitted fabric; knitted garments; nit (unit of surface brightness equal to 1 candela per square meter)
opportunity; occasion; (arch.) order; (arch.) sequence; (arch.) successor
to have a good eye (from having seen fine art, etc.); to be a connoisseur
strong pressure; heavy pressure
uncharacteristic; unbefitting; unworthy (of)
array; muster; line-up; full force
assessment (of value, damages, etc.); revision (of a budget)
one's cherished opinion; pet theory
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
entering an institution; beginning training; primer; manual; introduction (to)
matter to be checked or investigated
to leave behind; to put off; to postpone
at any rate; in any case; at the very least; if nothing else
(walk) briskly; at a brisk pace; quickly
table; chart; list; memorial to an emperor
thank you very much; I'm sorry; excuse me
snuggling; nuzzling; cuddling
to mellow (e.g. personality); to be rounded; to huddle; to cower
mental preparedness; being braced for; being steeled for
break room; lounge (e.g. in an onsen); resting room
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
to avoid meeting someone's gaze; to not look someone in the eyes
given the situation; now that it has come to this; if it comes to this
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it
deficit; shortage; loss; being partially broken; being partially missing; being partially removed
ban (e.g. on smoking); prohibition