exhausting work; hard work; severe duty
to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size
under one's arm; (in) the armpit
check; plaid; checking; monitoring; check (banking); cheque
to take a nap; to catch forty winks; to catch some Z's
to lose heart; to lose interest; to lose motivation; to become stale (i.e. of a carbonated beverage); to go flat; to lose flavor
one o'clock; once; at one time; for a time; for a while; a time
when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...
to distribute; to hand out; to deliver; to allot; to allocate; to place (staff, soldiers, etc.)
if one is unlucky; if one is careless; if things don't go well
leakage; omission; oversight; I; me
successively; one after another
each nation; many nations; many countries
to be fed up (with); to be tired (of); to be bored (with); to be unable to bear
absurd; unreasonable; excessive; very; extremely; excessively
unwanted child; shunned child
all-purpose; utility; universal; all-powerful; almighty; omnipotent
to bathe; to receive (an honor, etc.)
fortuitous; luck; windfall; godsend; good fortune
one's last moments; hour of death
be that as it may; even so; though that be so
to commit a crime; to commit a sin
to receive punishment; to be punished; to pay a penalty
thesis; essay; treatise; paper; article
expert; learned person; doctor; PhD; instructor at the imperial court (ritsuryo period); pitch and length marks (to accompany a Buddhist liturgical chant, etc.)
hail (esp. hailballs under 5 mm); graupel; dicing; small cubes; roasted mochi pieces (usu. flavoured with soy sauce, etc.)
leading person; foremost figure
historical document; archives; old manuscript; pre-Meiji era document addressed to someone in particular
suggestion; proposition; proposal; submission (of a bill); motion; proposal
to become overgrown; to grow thick; to spread; to run rampant; to thrive
circulation (money, goods, etc.); distribution; circulation (air, water, etc.); ventilation; negotiable (e.g. shares); distributional
charge; custody; safekeeping; deposit; storage
manufacturing equipment; production machine; maker
to lose an easy game; to suffer an unexpected defeat; to lose information
large country; major nation; great power; province of the highest rank (ritsuryo system)
counter for flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper); (arch.) counter for positions or roles; (arch.) counter for food portions (now only gyōza and soba); counter for ranking level
to contract (a disease); to suffer from