decline; degeneration; decay; waning; ebbing
slope; incline; hill; milestone; (age) mark
to push into; to cram into; to stuff into; to break in; to burgle; to burglarize
specialist; expert; professional; authority; pundit
to employ; to hire; to charter
public relations; PR; publicity; publicizing
family business; family trade; one's occupation; one's trade
green; greenery (esp. fresh verdure)
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
to fall fast asleep; to be confined to one's bed; to be laid up
just one person; only one
famous product; special product; speciality; specialty
going downstream (in a boat)
maintenance; preservation; improvement
avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)
timidly; nervously; hesitantly; trembling (with fear)
river; stream; River; the ... river
quantity or volume of water
(air or sea) route; course; line; run
change; modification; alteration; revision; amendment
predecessor; pioneer; ancestor
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
quality; value; nature; inherent quality; logical quality
to inherit; to succeed; to take over
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
suddenly; abruptly; impulsively
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
otter (Lutra lutra); Japanese river otter (Lutra lutra whiteleyi)
kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer
really; very; extremely; (not) anything; (not) at all; (not) a bit
charm; attractiveness; courtesy; ingratiating behaviour; entertainment; amusement
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
to hit (a person); to strike; to beat; to deliver (a speech); to give (an address)
attractive face and figure
plot; ulterior motive; thing; article; penis
ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml
Eh?; What?; Come on!; Damn!
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
Japanese style; light wind; moderate breeze
beautiful woman; (a) beauty
stiffening; rigidity; rigor; stiffness; ossification; petrification
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
very; greatly; exceedingly