decrease; reduction; decline
person concerned; people involved (in an event); those concerned; staff
conference; consultation; discussion; negotiation
shintai; object of worship believed to contain the spirit of a deity, typically housed in a shrine
to remove; to deinstall; to take away; to set apart
biennially; every second year; every other year
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
to squat; to crouch down (completely, generally with face looking through knees)
question; inquiry; enquiry
topic of discussion; agenda
previous time; last time; previous installment; previous instalment; previous session
participation; taking part in; participating in; being concerned in
simile; metaphor; allegory; parable
to bear up in tragedy; to stand pain well; to hold one's temper; to clench one's teeth; to grit one's teeth
to squash; to crush; to flatten
to get stuck with (some job); to end up with (something unpleasant)
to whine; to make feeble complaints
beyond human understanding
to guess; to conjecture; to surmise
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
doing whatever one pleases
wish; desire; hope; prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes
to demolish; to tear down; to pull down
plainly; clearly; vividly
the real pleasure (of something); the real thrill; flavour of ghee; (fig.) delicious taste; Buddha's gracious teachings
to be taught; to learn; to take lessons in
assistant; helper; assistant (to a professor)
to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon
to run; to hurry (when going somewhere); to drive (a car) quickly; to ride fast (on a horse); to win (fame)
gravel; ballast; pebbles; child; rugrat; ankle-biter
to kick flying (often a person in sport, martial arts, etc.)
dried fish (or shellfish, etc.)
umeboshi; pickled dried ume; pickled dried plum
thin strips of kombu cooked in soy sauce, etc. then dried