number of days; period of days; daily interest rate
being up to the person himself
form; tense; adjective; i-adjective (in Japanese)
essential; substantial; substantive; intrinsic
shudder; shiver; trembling with fear
(divine) punishment; curse; retribution
finally; in the end; on top of all that
to place (in position); to fix; to install; to seat (someone); to settle (upon something); to fix (e.g. one's gaze)
to decline (in prosperity); to become deserted; to become desolate; to taper off (of a sound)
to refuse; to decline; to deny
to stop by; to drop in for a short visit
cheerful; jovial; weather; season; spirit of yang
to become thin; to lose weight; to reduce (one's) weight; to be barren; to be infertile; to be sterile
wrinkled; full of wrinkles
very interesting; of great interest
to follow; to pursue; to die right after a loved one; to kill oneself after the death of a loved one; to follow an example set by earlier generations (or one's master, etc.)
standard; standardized; average; normal; ordinary
cool; chilly; feeling nice and cold
great difference; big difference; wide margin
porcelain (esp. soft-paste porcelain); china; chinaware; earthenware; pottery; ceramics
opening; aperture (e.g. camera); opening one's mouth; beginning to speak; open; broad
dry snacks (e.g. crackers, nuts, dried squid, esp. to go with drinks)
plump; fleshy; well-rounded; pleasant (fragrance); rich
distance; journey; itinerary; path (e.g. to one's goal); way; process
to ingest; to eat; to enter the mouth; to be able to eat
trivial; not amounting to much
to begin to open; to come out; to smile broadly; to come apart at the seams (clothes)
guest of honor; guest of honour; good customer; important customer
affable; amiable; sociable; agreeable
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
rearing from infancy; training from an early age (e.g. an apprentice); teaching from an early stage (e.g. a subordinate)
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)