spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone
highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road; highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...); subdistrict (in China)
foil; (gold, etc.) leaf; prestige
in a crowd; ganging up (on); joining forces
beating someone up by ganging up on them; facing a barrage of criticism
biggest; greatest; largest; maximum
will not do; do not; does not
alternation; change; relief; relay; shift; substitution (sports, etc.)
dragon (as depicted in Western myths)
condition; situation; prospects
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
torture to death; torment to death
to belong to; to come under; to be affiliated with; to be subject to
even if not; even without
another day; some other day
fixed rule; usual way; usual method
to rub; to crumple; to massage; to argue; to have a heated discussion; to train; to coach
very; extremely; exceedingly; top; highest; best
cowardly; craven; unfair; mean; sneaky
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
attribute; property; context; character class, type, fetish, etc.
opposition; rivalry; competition; antagonism
to pollute; to contaminate; to soil; to disgrace; to dishonour; to dishonor
no!; no no!; no, not at all
potato (Solanum tuberosum)
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
weight (e.g. paperweight); pressing down; keeping control; exercising authority; having self-control; exercising self-discipline
role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role
instruction; direction; briefing
theory; reason; logic; (unreasonable) argument; strained logic; excuse
your Excellency; his Excellency; her Excellency
how; in what way; by what means
half-wit; fool; simpleton
proper; respectable; decent; (arch.) entirely; (arch.) completely; (arch.) wholly
Lord; Highness; (arch.) you