to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
noon; midday; daytime; lunch
bento; Japanese box lunch
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
light meal; snack; refreshments
to match; to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with
to make merry; to be festive
to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since
fact; truth; reality; in fact; actually
nature; natural; spontaneous; naturally; spontaneously
to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)
joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
to be soaked in; to be flooded; to be submerged; to be immersed in (joy, memories, alcohol, etc.); to give oneself over to; to bask in
regret; repentance; remorse
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)
if I (we, etc.) could; if one were to ... then ... (an unpleasant thing would happen)
to get damaged; to get chipped; to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt (reputation)
food expenses; money for food; charge for board
double; twice (as much); times (as much); -fold; 1-nth; 1 to n
stingy; mean; narrow-minded; petty; shabby; poor
putting money aside; savings; deposit (e.g. in a bank); accumulated surplus of wins; wins in the bank
to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)
to lessen; to decrease; to diminish
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
as much as one can; as much as possible; if at all possible
far from; anything but; not at all ... but rather ...; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
oneself (itself, etc.); I; me; you; by oneself (itself, etc.); interjection expressing anger or chagrin
to wear away; to rub down; to abrade
all pain, no gain; doing no good and a lot of harm; having no redeeming features; being a complete disadvantage; (lit.) a hundred harms and not a single gain
good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result); good luck; auspiciousness; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
generally; on the whole; general; rough; outline; main points
entertainer; performer; celebrity; entertainment personality
even if; even though; although one might say; although called
every month; each month; monthly
bag; satchel; briefcase; basket
raw; uncooked; natural; as it is; unprotected (sex); raw; live (i.e. not recorded)
roughly; approximately; round about; cursorily; briefly; quickly
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
just (now); quite (near); unintentionally; subconsciously
to fish; to angle; to catch; to lure in; to tempt; to attract