improper; immodest; disgraceful; shameful; vulgar; low
to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)
inside; interior; inner part
very; extremely; excessively
printing type; movable type; printed text; print
practice; practising; experience
frontage; width (of a building, plot of land, etc.); breadth (e.g. of one's knowledge); scope (e.g. of one's work); range
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
diagonally upward; (going in a) completely unexpected direction (of a story, result, etc.)
purchasers; customer base; market (for a product)
something or other; one thing or another; this or that
interest (in something); curiosity (about something); zest (for)
naked; nude; unvarnished (e.g. truth); plain (e.g. fact); frank
chic; smart; understanding; considerate; familiar with worldly pleasures (esp. sexual relations, geisha districts and red-light districts)
depending on; dependent upon; relying on
to be open (to traffic); to lead to; to flow (liquid, current); to pass; to be understood; to be comprehended; to be honored
to half-rise to one's feet
to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
unpleasant; disagreeable; nasty; lewd; lascivious; obscene
active duty; active service; student taking (university) entrance exams while still enrolled in school; student who passed their university entrance exams on the first try
junior high school student; middle school pupil
beginning (of writing); opening passage (sentence, paragraph, etc.); written claim; bill
inflammatory; lascivious; sensational
to be reflected; to harmonize with (harmonise); to come out (photo); to be projected; to be displayed (on a screen)
the beginning (as in "this is only the beginning"); lowest division in sumo
entrance; threshold; beginning; first step; start
box lunch (containing rice and 10-15 small portions of fish, meat, and vegetables); highest-ranking division; intermission (between acts); interlude
to seem to be ...; to become like ...; to behave as ...
indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
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)
as you were; return to your original position!; er, rather
astonished; stunned; startled out of one's wits; thunderstruck; open-eyed astonishment
to be overturned; to be reversed; to turn over; to fall down; to tumble down; to topple over
the literary world; literary circles