a few years ago; some years back
decreasing (graph falling to the right); shrinking; declining
to recover; to rally; to improve; to pick up
to take (seat, position, course, office, etc.); to assume; to ascend (the throne); to accede; to start (on a journey); to commence
slight; insignificant; small
(sound effect for) collapsing; losing strength; slumping; losing balance
so (e.g. so much, so close, so many, so few)
to cultivate a better understanding
relay; hook-up; relay broadcasting
riches; wealth; resources; lottery
house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.); graduate school; postgraduate school; institution (often medical); institutional building; sub-temple; minor temple building
lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)
to be forced to do or experience something (against one's will); to be forced to do something because one has no other choice
fetters; shackles; hobbles; encumbrance; hindrance; burden
quantity of hot spring water
convenience for transportation; convenience of access (by road or rail)
contest; comparison; competition
Hades (Greek god); Pluto (Roman god)
insect; bug; worm; roundworm; one's emotions; one's feelings; nervousness
skilled; skillful; skilful; competent; capable; good
being dead drunk; drunken stupor
oh my god; how; what the; incredible
to lean (to one side); to incline; to be unbalanced (e.g. diet); to be unduly weighted towards; to be partial; to be biased
a kind; a sort; of sorts; something of a; sort of; somewhat
gō; traditional unit of volume, approx. 0.1804 litres; gō; traditional unit of area, approx 0.33 metres square; one-tenth of the way from the base to the summit of a mountain; conjunction; sum
class (e.g. school); grade; rank; kyū; kyu; junior rank in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.
shō; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 litres
300; three hundred; 300 mon; trifling amount; shyster
number of days; period of days; daily interest rate
shōchū distilled from barley
tortoise; turtle; heavy drinker; turtle crest; turtle mon
passing through without stopping; passing by
peerless; unparalleled; unparallelled; mowing down the enemy
nationwide; countrywide; national; throughout the country
to crown; to cap; to prefix with; to start with; to begin with
most important work (of a writer, artist, etc.); representative work; masterpiece
firmly; solidly; sturdily; strongly; toughly
doctrine; rule; principle; -ism