to increase; to add to; to augment
fossil; petrifaction; petrification; fossilization
to knock down; to beat (someone) up; to injure (someone) so badly they cannot recover (esp. emotionally); to overwhelm (with mental anguish, etc.)
someone (unspecified, but someone in particular); a certain person
food; provisions; nourishment (mental, spiritual, etc.); sustenance (e.g. of one's life); source of encouragement
in proportion to; just as much as
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
number of views (videos, etc.); view count
to be sluggish (business); to make little progress; to not grow as much as expected
technical skill; ability; capacity
elevation; rise; improvement; advancement; progress
living in obscurity; lying low; remaining unnoticed
exchange; interchange; switching; reciprocity; barter; substitution
call; summons; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (arch.) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)
blocking (e.g. the way); obstructing; block (lump of something (usu. square), area of town, etc.); block; physical record (e.g. on magnetic tape); concrete block; blocking (from view, esp. of websites, on social media, etc.)
to invent a pretext for a quarrel; to pick a fight
birth; lineage; identity; background; provenance; origin
to go out (e.g. on an excursion or outing); to leave; to depart; to be about to leave; to be just going out
day in question; appointed day; that very day; the day (of issue, publication, etc.)
unable to read the situation; unable to pick up on the mood (e.g. of a conversation)
shudder; shiver; trembling with fear
treat; banquet; feast; thank you (for the meal); that was a delicious meal
preparation; arrangements
(not) ever; (not) by any means; (not) in the least; (not) in any way; (not) at all
careful; elaborate; scrupulous
(not so) much; (not) very
twelve o'clock; noon; midnight
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
citizen; citizenry; city inhabitant; townspeople; bourgeoisie; middle class
use; utilization; utilisation; application
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging
measurement error; calculation error