to lessen; to decrease; to diminish
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
objection; refutation; rebuttal; counterargument
purpose; utility; objective; way to use something
worker; breadwinner; supporter; able person; able man; productive worker
reclamation (e.g. wasteland); cultivation; development; pioneering; opening up (e.g. new market); breaking new ground
cultivating new land; clearing; reclamation
work; operation; manufacturing; fatigue duty
to profit; to get; to have (bear, beget) a child; to have a stroke of luck
steady; honest; sober; straightforward
youngster; neophyte; greenhorn
rattling; clattering; trembling; shivering; whining; grumbling
to omit; to leave out; to overtake; to pass; to say; to speak
grandfather (may be used after name as honorific); male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific)
same village; same town; same province
to cheer; to jeer; to mock
noisy; boisterous; turbulent (era, etc.); troubled
arbitration; intercession; mediation
to underrate; to make light of
suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally
to disagree; to dispute; to fight (over)
to stretch (unbend) oneself
to be sacked; to be dismissed
being enthusiastic about; being wild about; being absorbed in; being engrossed in; being devoted to
person with a lot of free time on their hands; person of leisure; idler; loafer
lattice; latticework; window bars; grid; grating
to be haggard; to be gaunt; to be emaciated; to be worn out (e.g. illness, worry)
here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up
close to the wall; alongside the wall
to do for (the sake of someone else)
as (X, then Y); with; in accordance with; in proportion to
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
perhaps; probably; generous; many; much
to come and see (someone, something); to visit
to hurry (up); to urge on; to press; to rush
suddenly; at once; considerably; very much; firmly; with an effort
to pay no attention to (while listening); to take no notice of; to ignore; to let go in one ear and out the other
to lean against; to recline on; to lean on; to rely on; to depend on
itchy; creepy; feeling uneasy
treatment (of a person); dealing with
racking one's brains; worrying oneself; being anxious