decrease; reduction; decline
apprehension; misgivings; uneasiness; fear; anxiety
establishment; founding; incorporation (of a business)
since; henceforth; ever since
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
hobby; pastime; tastes; preference; liking
to look coldly at; to turn a cold shoulder
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); province (of Japan)
nonprofit organization; Not-for-Profit Organization
application; request; petition
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
father; father (e.g. of a discipline); pioneer (e.g. of field of research); God; Father
to inherit; to succeed; to take over
remodeling; remodelling; reconstruction; modding
the other day; a few days ago
the nth ...; divisions of a kabuki performance
designation; specification; assignment; appointment; pointing at
having one's fill (of food or drink); eating (drinking) to one's heart's content; enjoying to the full
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
expressly; especially; specially; intentionally; deliberately; on purpose
to investigate thoroughly; to examine closely; to probe into; to be obsessed with a thought; to brood over; to worry about
migration; move; emigration; immigration
to quiet; to calm down; to compose oneself; to settle down
cup (drinking vessel, measure, brassiere, prize, etc.)
to taste; to try (food or drink)
criticism; blame; censure; attack; reproach
such; this sort of; like this
to come (home) to one; to click; to ring a bell; to appeal to one; to speak to one; to impress one
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am; older girl
liking very much; loving (something or someone); adoring; being very fond of
taste; liking; preference
to make the most of the present; to live for the moment; to seize the day
the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability; as hard as possible
observation; survey; watching
reason; circumstances; grounds; because of; due to; as a result of
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt