better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth
dated; date; fixed; external
bomb; alcohol with liquor added (esp. wine-based shōchū highball, also beer with whiskey)
to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
on the least pretext; at the drop of a hat
PET bottle (clear plastic beverage bottle)
to put to bed; to lay down lengthwise; to put a thing on its side; to set something aside unused; to let lie idle; to ferment
service business (hotel, restaurant, entertainment); service industry
conservation of electricity; brownout
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
to wash away; to rinse off
holiday house; vacation home; villa; prison; jail
to get slightly dirty (all over)
tiled; covered with ceramic tiles
crack; fissure; rift; split; chaps; skin fissure
composition; synthesis; composite photo; (function) composition
workshop; studio; atelier
to stay indoors; to be confined indoors
territory; dominion; grounds (e.g. school)
fashion; fad; vogue; prevalence (e.g. of a disease)
to manipulate (someone); to make (someone) dance to one's tune; to lead astray; to make (someone) dance; to let dance
tide; current; tendency; trend
righteousness; justice; right
author (usu. of a particular book); writer
repeatedly; over and over again; fully (e.g. understand); very much; very well
intentionally; on purpose; deliberately; taking something into account
duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage
knowledge; understanding; rules; regulations; deputy; acting
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
to smoke; to smoulder; to be sooty; to be smoke-stained; to smoulder (e.g. a dispute); to smolder
indulgence (e.g. in alcohol, women, etc.); debauchery; dissipation