preservation; retainment; keeping
valid; proper; right; appropriate; reasonable
office worker; company employee; company man; salaryman (stereotypical Japanese office worker)
small theatre; kabuki performed in a small theatre; little performance; short acted scene; act
to air; to dry; to drain (off); to drink up; to deprive of a role, job, etc.
certainly; surely; undoubtedly; just; precisely; exactly
very small amount; insignificant thing; negligible amount
vitality; energy; dynamism
to fire oneself up; to give it one's all; to get psyched; to fire someone up (with scolding, corporal punishment, etc.); to rouse
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
uncool; unsophisticated; unfashionable; out of fashion; tacky
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
to be frugal; to be sparing; to value; to hold dear; to regret (e.g. a loss); to feel sorry (for)
groan; moan; roar; growl; buzz; hum (e.g. motor)
desirable prey; easy game; easy mark; easy prey; easy target
to chuckle to oneself; to gloat (over)
never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up
pot; jar; dice cup; depression; basin (e.g. of a waterfall); aim; what one wants
snare; trap (for catching wild game, etc.); trap (i.e. ruse, subterfuge, etc.)
sulfuric acid; sulphuric acid
antlion (larva); doodlebug; antlion pit
Mach (number); (at a) fast speed
to turn right; to turn to the right
(more than) enough; too much; bitterly; extremely; keenly
to push; to press; to apply pressure from above; to press down; to stamp (i.e. a passport); to apply a seal; to affix (e.g. gold leaf)
suddenly; at once; considerably; very much; firmly; with an effort
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling, atmosphere, etc.); serious; gloomy
Kyoto and vicinity (esp. during Edo period); Kyoto-Osaka region; Kansai region
large ball; giant ball (e.g. as pushed by competing teams in a school sports day)
(at) high speed; as fast as one can; with lightning speed
on the contrary; far from it; if anything; in fact; instead
ferocious; fierce; truculent; savage
year in, year out; always; 24-7
to be congenial; to agree with one; to be in one's nature
much more; still more; single layer (or storey, etc.); (arch.) rather; (arch.) sooner