(not) very; (not) so; (not) very much; (not) particularly; (not) especially
skill; ability; dexterity; performance; workmanship; craftsmanship
success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
closing up shop (for the day); stopping business; going out of business
from afar; over a great distance; all the way
interior; backwoods; hinterland; back regions
drinking money; tip; gratuity
madness; insanity; irregularity; deviation; fanaticism; fanatic
way to go!; attaboy!; hear, hear!
suitable; appropriate; befitting; conjoining; association; samprayukta
compensation; equivalent value; consideration
adds emphasis to the following verb or indicates that the action is done forcefully or violently
to boil; to seethe; to roil (e.g. waterfall, torrent); to foam; to well up (of emotions); to overflow (e.g. fighting spirit)
a great deal; very much; a lot; (arch.) with a great amount of effort
unsatisfied; unsatisfactory; insufficient in some way; lacking something
dessert stomach; having room for dessert despite being full
sexual desire; sex drive; lust
malicious; ill-tempered; unkind; mean; nasty
spoils of war; booty; war trophy; something one managed to obtain or buy (at a bargain sale, merchandise stall, etc.); purchases; prizes (at an arcade, etc.)
place to put something; storage space; storehouse; depository; repository; shed
forcibly; by force; against one's will
rare; uncommon; unusual; rare; lightly cooked
useful thing; usable article; present; gift
menko; children's game in which thick circular or rectangular cards are slapped down on the ground to overturn other cards
to sell (well); to be well known; to be popular; to be famous
to settle (in a place); to settle down
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
to run into; to collide with; to come to the end of (a street); to run into (difficulties, problems, etc.); to run up against
self-abasement; self-depreciation; humility
to carry (a child) on one's back; to piggyback; (arch.) to take on (a job, responsibility, etc.)
bringing certain death; deadly; knockout (blow)
weird; disgusting; sickening
critical (touch and go) situation; explosive situation
farm (livestock); stock farm; ranch; pasture; meadow; grazing land
thousand years; millennium; (fig.) long time
mercy; compassion; clemency; rufous hawk-cuckoo; northern hawk-cuckoo
at that time; in those days
to shut in; to confine (in); to seal in; to contain; to suppress; to restrain
charm; incantation; spell; magic formula
sunlight; sunshine; Nikkō (city in Tochigi); Suryaprabha (bodhisattva)