to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)
to see to it that ...; to make sure that ...; to try to ...; to make an effort to ...
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
one's line of sight; one's gaze; one's eyes (looking); glance; gaze; look
somehow (or other); for some reason; without knowing why; something (or other); some ... or other
emotion; feeling; feelings; sentiment
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
while; even though; despite
like; as; so that; in order that; be sure to; I hope (that)
a little; a few; small; only; just; merely
face; visage; look; (facial) expression; honor (honour); face; influence
to turn away (one's eyes, face, etc.); to avert; to displease; to annoy; to miss (the target, ball, etc.)
action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation
one turn; spinning around; complete change; reversal; (an) about-face
to regain one's footing; to get back on one's feet; to recover; (of the market) to improve
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (someone)
relation; connection; relevance
to set one's hand to; to start work on; to embezzle; to use (money obtained in illegal fashion); to have sexual relations; to have an affair
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to lessen; to decrease; to diminish
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); province (of Japan)
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
in succession; one after another
to come fluttering in (e.g. leaves, snow, flowers, etc.); to come dancing in; to drop in unexpectedly; to happen unexpectedly
even though; despite; when
the rest; the others; in addition (to that); besides that; and so forth; and the like
good offices; kind offices; services; mediation; intercession; conciliation
mutual aid; cooperation; benefit
itself; one's own body; oneself; originally; naturally
money-making; commercialized; commercialised
group; party; team; organization; organisation; association
profit; earnings; stroke of luck
before one's eyes; in front of one; under one's nose; immediate; imminent; around the corner
to roll; to tumble; to fall over; to roll over; to lie down; to be scattered about; to be lying around
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
expressly; especially; specially; intentionally; deliberately; on purpose
crop; harvest; income; profits; loaded (e.g. intermodal containers in the transport industry)
to cut up; to cleave; to spare (time, money, etc.); to use part of something; (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye
a matter of course; what is to be expected; par for the course
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
to end; to come to an end; to finish; to complete; to finish doing; to be past its (one's) prime