to trail (of smoke, clouds, etc.); to hang (of mist, haze, etc.); to lie (over); to linger; to flow (e.g. of hair in the wind)
name of an imperial era (e.g. Heisei, Shōwa); Japanese era name
12th anniversary of one's death
to miss (doing); to fail (to do)
fence; hedge; barrier; wall; railing
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
traveling expenses; travelling expenses; carfare
contriving (to raise funds, to find time, etc.); working out (a solution)
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
extramarital sex; affair; fooling around; infidelity; wantonness; unfaithfulness
perfidiousness; faithlessness; inconstancy; insincerity; falsehood
to lead; to take the lead (in doing something); to precede; to go before; to die before (esp. one's spouse, parents, etc.); to be a prerequisite
endless argument; pointless argument; fruitless dispute; futile discussion; (lit.) argument over whose field to water (during a drought)
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
to act up (machine); to go out of tune (instrument); to not work right; to be knocked off stride; to lose one's bearings; to lose one's presence of mind
striking (at something) and missing; swing and a miss; vain attempt
overconfident; presumptuous
someone working behind-the-scenes; scene shifter; lady consort (to a high personage)
slope; slanting surface; bevel
employee; worker; laborer (labourer); blue-collar worker
employment (long term); hire
local residents; neighbours; neighbors
riskiness; (level of) danger
scale; scope; plan; structure
(corporate) restructuring; downsizing; laying off people
assistance payment; subsidiary aid
one part; one portion; one section; one copy (e.g. of a document)
citizens' campaign; citizens' group
dwelling; house; residence; address
structural alteration (of a building); reconstruction; rebuilding; remodelling; remodeling
compensating; making up for; supplementation
to be encouraged by initial success; to get a taste for; to yearn for more
mechanism used to lift an actor onto the stage (in kabuki)
expansion; extension; enlargement; escape; ESC