to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
(small) knife; short sword; small sword
how; in what way; by what means
when it becomes; when it comes to
landing place (e.g. for steamers); station (e.g. bus); terminal
to run along; to run beside; to follow (a policy, plan, etc.); to act in accordance with; to meet (wishes, expectations, etc.); to satisfy
to go through; to pass through; to get through; to cut across
long time; long interval; for quite some time
to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
pet name; nickname; name used to indicate affection, intimacy, informality, etc.
salty sea breeze; salt wind
to peel off and fall; to flake away
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
to be smeared; to be covered
screw; propeller (e.g. on a ship)
concealment (of one's vices); veil; cover; overturning; toppling
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
living thing; organism; creature; biology
(dead) body; corpse; carcass; remains
fossil; petrifaction; petrification; fossilization
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
grandfather; male senior-citizen
tune; tone; vein; mood; condition; state of health
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
with these words; while saying