hailing each other; acting in concert; responding (to); agreement; concord
throughput; processing power
to hold back (someone) from achieving success; to stand in the way of; to sabotage
to weather (a storm, rough seas); to ride across; to get through (adversity); to weather; to load completely (e.g. books on a shelf, people or luggage in a car)
what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?
what?!; what did you say?!; why?; what for?; anyone; anything
to make do errands; to set to scutwork
sense of fulfillment; sense of completeness; sense of accomplishment; sense of contentment
to be able to manage somehow or other
to shade an account; to add something extra
time of departure; (on the) point of departure; just as one is leaving
irregular; bad bounce (in tennis); bad hop (in baseball)
depressing; dark (e.g. story); grim (e.g. expression); irritating; annoying; tedious (work, person, etc.)
stamina; energy; stamina-boosting (esp. of meat dishes containing raw egg yolks, garlic, Chinese chives, etc.)
daily routine; daily work; daily lesson
one's business; reading of scriptures before a (statue of) Buddha; bargain; discount; (arch.) money paid to a prostitute or geisha
to sweep clean; to brush clean
to stretch larger; to enlarge (photos); to delay (e.g. the end of a meeting)
water tank; cistern; fish tank; aquarium
to model (something) on; to be modelled on; to be made in the shape of; to symbolize; to represent
astringency; tartness; austere elegance; elegant simplicity; subdued style
taking advantage of (an opportunity); jumping on the bandwagon; taking passage (in); getting a lift; getting a ride
rice-flour dumplings mixed with mugwort; mugwort rice cake
adzuki bean (Vigna angularis)
luxury; extravagance; to live in luxury; to indulge oneself; lavish (use of something); abundant
refined rice flour; rice flour for dumplings
(earthenware) mortar (for grinding)
to knead well; to polish; to refine
unexpected; unforeseen; inconceivable
local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while traveling (travelling); present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift
to attend on; to wait on; to accompany; to escort; to chaperone
clearly (understand, see, hear, etc.); distinctly; perfectly; as if it were right in front of one
within a company; in-house; within a shrine; shrine precincts
discount; reduction; rebate; tenths discounted; tenths reduced
to miss one's chance to say; to fail to mention
Obon; Bon Festival; Buddhist festival for honouring the spirits of one's ancestors, held in mid-August or in some regions, mid-July; tray
surrounding at a distance
always; all the time; constantly; frequently; often
pinch-hitting; pinch hitter; performing a duty in place of someone else; proxy
therefore; consequently; accordingly; for that reason
modern; lug arm tips (on glasses); temple tips
to give an impression; to make an impression
to reach the point where ...; to come to ...; to come to be that ...; to start to ...; to begin to ...