to take down; to bring down; to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time; to wear for the first time
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
resentment; grudge; malice; matter for regret; regret
patterned (e.g. clothes, pottery); figured
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
forevermore; for eternity
by sheer strength; by brute force
inhabitant; resident; citizen; population
in one go; in one gulp; in one breath; immediately; instantly; right away
(suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
reconciliation; amicable settlement; court-mediated settlement; (arch.) translation of a foreign language into Japanese
oppression; suppression; pressure
seizure; attachment; foreclosure
participation; taking part in; participating in; being concerned in
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)
related to; in relation to; as far as ... is concerned
interest; rights; concession
to bite into (e.g. rope into skin); to cut into; to eat into; to encroach; to be wedged (i.e. underwear pulled from the back, driving it between the buttocks)
happiness; blessedness; luck; luckily; fortunately
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
unique; rare; exceptional; unparalleled; incomparable
bargaining ability; bargaining power; ability to negotiate
owner; proprietor; possessor (e.g. of talent, beauty, etc.)
enterprise; business; company; corporation
group; bunch; crowd; group
connivance; tacit consent; toleration; acquiescence
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
outward appearance; ostensible; public; official
private talk; confidential talk; secret talk
to be beyond one's capacities; to be beyond one's powers; to be beyond one's control; to be unmanageable
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
most; highest; maximum; best; wonderful; finest
engawa; external corridor on the outer side of traditional Japanese houses; bone at the base of a fin; meat at the base of a fin (esp. of a flatfish)
to lose focus; to let one's mind wander; to relax one's attention
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
collection of books; (personal) library
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago