box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
to look old; to become musty; to wear out
earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)
to dig up; to unearth; to uncover
blank space (in documents); vacuum; blank; void
to (an extent); up to; doesn't amount to doing ...; not significant enough to require ...; even if ...
to knock down; to beat (someone) up; to injure (someone) so badly they cannot recover (esp. emotionally); to overwhelm (with mental anguish, etc.)
to wither (esp. plants as winter draws near); to fade; to shrivel; to pass one's prime; to start deteriorating; to begin to decline
seal; to seal (e.g. a letter); to affix a seal; to seal up
to lose (through death) (e.g. wife, child)
essentially nonexistent; virtually nil
to say nasty things (about); to use abusive language
engaging in (work); pursuing (e.g. studies); following (a profession); being involved in
century; era; of the century (e.g. fight of the century)
presumably; it seems that ...; I guess that ...; I suppose that ...; one could infer that ...
to profit; to get; to have (bear, beget) a child; to have a stroke of luck
testimony; (verbal) evidence
glance; look; glimpse; complete view; bird's-eye view
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
hang in there; go for it; keep at it; do your best
double; twice (as much); twofold
bill; bill of sale; tab (for later payment); credit; contact move (in go); direct attack to an enemy stone; sound effect produced by striking with clappers a wooden board in kabuki
malicious; deliberately mean
getting back together; being reconciled; returning to normal
cannot handle (it) any longer; fed up with; enough is enough
pure; innocent; naive; unspoilt; pure-hearted; ingenuous
shady; underhanded; questionable
three times (as much); treble; triple; threefold
killing two birds with one stone
to be effeminate; to be a fop; to break into a smile; to grin
hurrying (to somewhere); rushing; hastening; express (train)
hard fight; close game; struggle; tight contest
being somewhat (half) joking; half seriously; half in jest; in a jocular vein
defense; defence; safeguard; protection
defense; defence; protection
every corner; every nook and cranny; all the ins and outs
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
last; final; closing; last train (bus, flight, etc.; of the day)