study; diligence; discount; reduction
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
minimum; (very) least; at least some (comfort, etc.); only (consolation, saving grace, etc.); sole
farewell gift; parting gift; viaticum
to expose; to lay open (e.g. secret); to take apart; to disassemble; to kill; to murder; to dress (meat)
form; tense; adjective; i-adjective (in Japanese)
knowing; (an) acquaintance
exaggerated; overblown; pretentious
foundation; root; basis; root and trunk
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
subjectivity; subject (philosophical); ego; one's personal opinion; one's own idea
to put up with; to endure; to bear patiently
tomfoolery; foolish act; nonsense; fool; idiot
stimulation (e.g. of an economy); revitalization (e.g. of a town); rejuvenation; activation
end; finish; bounds; limits; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
characteristic (of); peculiar (to)
man; male; masculine gender
soft; software; soft hat; felt hat; soft serve ice cream; softball
look here; I say; well; I know what; I'll tell you what; just a minute
talkativeness; garrulity; loquacity
(after) bouncing around from one place to the next
cannot help feeling that; cannot help thinking that
technical prowess; technical ability; technical finesse; technological prowess; technological capabilities
to disappear; to vanish; to go; to leave; to die
I wonder about that; don't bet on it; famous last words
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
having one's hands full; not having any room to do more; at the limit
early; a little earlier than usual; a little faster than usual; slightly quicker