hearer; listener; audience; interviewer; questioner
to cease; to desist; to cut it out; to lay off (an activity); to drop (a subject) to abolish; to resign
to cut into (a line, conversation, etc.); to force oneself into (e.g. a crowd); to wedge oneself into; to fall below (of stock prices, sales, etc.); to drop below
reluctantly; grudgingly; unwillingly
structure; construction; posture (e.g. in martial arts); pose; readiness; determination
to separate; to part; to divide; to keep apart
reserve; spare; note; memorandum; duplicate; copy
promptly; immediately; quickly; indifferently
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
growth stock; person with future promise
small build; small stature; petite; small pattern
to fill in (field, entry, etc.); to fill out (form); to post a message (e.g. on a bulletin-board); to store; to write (data); to flash
one tenth; one hundredth; one percent; one tenth of a sun; one quarter ryō (an old coin)
large-hearted; generous; liberal; placid; composed; cool
to shake; to sway; to waver
establishment; institution; installation (of a machine or equipment)
one part; one portion; one section; one copy (e.g. of a document)
denial; negation; negation (logic); NOT operation
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
width; breadth; freedom (e.g. of thought); latitude; gap; difference (e.g. in price)
to give up all thoughts of; to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to take a momentous decision
freely; at liberty; at will; as one likes
slightly; lightly; thinly; faintly; dimly
emission (of light); radiation (of light); luminescence
characteristic; feature; idiosyncrasy; spot color (in printing)
be on your guard!; take care!
income; receipts; revenue
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
to shine; to glitter; to be bright
one theory (opinion); another theory (opinion)
inconvenience; inexpediency; unhandiness
protection; defense; providence; amulet; charm
total darkness; pitch dark; bleak future; poor prospects
to hang; to suspend; to dangle; to swing; to carry
Hotei; Budai; god of contentment, depicted as a pot-bellied monk who carries a large cloth bag on his back
one thin flat object; one sheet
bat (Chiroptera spp.); umbrella; opportunist; turncoat
angle; square; cube; bishop; third degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Chinese "horn" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); jiao (monetary unit of China; one-tenth of a yuan)