great person; eminent figure
insufficient; not enough; lacking; dim-witted; slow; one brick short of a full load
to have no way of knowing; to be completely ignorant of
in brief; to put it succinctly
the seven treasures (gold, silver, pearls, agate, crystal, coral, lapis lazuli); cloisonne ware; shippō pattern (of overlapping circles); shippō emblem
phase of decline; ebb; twilight
solar radiation; insolation
polishing with a dry cloth; wiping with a dry cloth
chef-owner; chef and owner
staff who serve or assist customers or visitors (e.g. restaurant, pachinko parlour, etc.)
to have training bouts with one's junior during practice (of a senior wrestler)
to live up to (one's) expectations; to meet expectations
ordinary person; average person; man in the street; everyman; (a) nobody
seed (of a fruit); pit; tongue (projecting strip on a board that fits into a groove on another board); clitoris; (arch.) core; (arch.) kernel
to row a boat; to nod off; to doze off
about 80%; almost certainly; mostly
scoop (e.g. of icecream); scoopful; small ornamental spoon
help wanted advertisements
to have no chance (of succeeding)
to change (with the passage of time); to fade; to wane; to decline
to be replaced with new growth
to break down due to overwork; to try so hard that the situation gets worse
as is usual with; in common with
hiss (esp. cat); sizzle; whoosh
reproductive capability; fertility; fecundity; biotic potential
urgent; pressing; exigent
rematch (after an earlier loss)
extent of (one's) foolishness; degree of stupidity
to speak as though something were actually the case; to smooth over; to give the impression that; to make it sound that
in name but not in reality