indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
manly; masculine; like a man
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
several hundred; hundreds (of)
legend; folklore; tradition
business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...
training; education; stocking up; laying in; preparation (e.g. ingredients); girl studying to become a geisha
objet d'art; item of artwork; object; curio
making; producing; appearance (attire, make-up, etc.); build; physique; sashimi
in one go; in one gulp; in one breath; suddenly; all of a sudden; all at once
to divide; to cut; to halve; to break; to crack; to dilute; to fall below
three years; third school year (e.g. of high school)
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
established practice; custom
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; operation; moving picture
neighborhood association; neighbourhood association
permission; approval; authorization; license
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
to jump out; to leap out; to appear (suddenly); to emerge; to protrude; to project
balloon (toy or decoration); balloon (hot-air or gas)
ascending air current; updraft; upward trend; rise in popularity, influence, etc.
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
above ground; on the ground; earth's surface; this world; this earth
dozens; scores of; decades
metre (unit of length); meter; meter; gauge
stagnation; tie-up; standstill; congestion; delay; accumulation
high ground; elevation; hill; plateau
a few minutes; for a few minutes; for a number of minutes; for a period of a few minutes; for several minutes
prime time (on television or radio); peak time
occurrence; incidence; generation (of power, heat, etc.); production; ontogeny; development
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
line of flow (of people, objects, etc.)
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
food and drink; eating and drinking
to harden; to solidify; to become firm; to become certain; to gather (together); to assemble
to see to it that ...; to make sure that ...; to try to ...; to make an effort to ...
safe, easy childbirth; guardian bodhisattva, buddha or deity of children or childbirth (esp. Ksitigarbha or Avalokitesvara)