abstaining from smoking; quitting smoking; prohibition of smoking; No Smoking; Smoking Prohibited
abstinence from alcohol; temperance; prohibition of drinking
course correction; trajectory change; orbital adjustment
down to earth; reasonable; able to deal with
how about ...?; what about ...?; I wonder; I don't know
when it comes to the cause; when you get right down to it; as for what started it; as for the reason; originally
suddenly in a bad mood; in a huff; abruptly; suddenly; unexpectedly
appropriate; suitable; proper; fitting
alternating between happiness and anxiety; swinging between joy and sorrow; being glad and sad by turns; oscillating between optimism and pessimism
to stray from the right path; to go wrong; to go off the rails; to turn delinquent
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
to rise (of a building, mountain, etc.); to tower; to soar
still more; even more; much more; increased; greater
accompaniment for traditional performances (noh, kabuki, etc.); orchestra; band
to disappear into; to slip into; to be lost in; to be mixed up with
to be bony; to be angular
extremely angry; furious; fiercely (shine); blazingly; merrily (burn away); red-hot
cotton plant (Gossypium spp.); batting; wadding; padding
to dwell (in); to exist (within); to stay (at); to stop (at); to be in the womb (of an unborn child); to be part of a constellation
to become slightly sweaty; to sweat a little; to become moist with sweat
naginata; polearm with a curved single-edged blade (similar to a glaive); naginata; martial art of wielding the naginata
long-handled Chinese spear; lance; weapon; arms; grip of a bow; parade float decorated with long-handled Chinese spears
basic tone; underlying tone; trend; keynote
credit; money owed on an account; bill; hanger; holder; in the process of (doing); midway through
trunk; torso; plastron (in kendo); touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo); frame (of a drum, etc.); sound box (of a shamisen, etc.)
acutely (feel); keenly; severely; tightly; hard
multiplication table; times table
gathering (esp. Buddhist, festive, etc.)
banquet on the occasion of the first ceremonial offering of rice by the newly enthroned emperor
rope used to cordon off consecrated areas or as a talisman against evil; (arch.) cordoning off; (arch.) cordoning-off sign
model; prototype; archetype; (sewing) pattern
hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation
infant; child; pageboy; page; child in a traditional festival procession
public appeal (e.g. for contributions); public advertisement (of a post); open recruitment; public offering (of securities)
standard; criterion; norm; benchmark; measure; gauge
Wuhuan (proto-Mongolic nomadic people)
group; (free) radical; counter for installed or mounted objects (e.g. stone lanterns, gravestones, satellites)
(being) worth seeing; impressive
cap (hat); cap (of a bottle, pen, etc.); leader; chief
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate