serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
choice; selection; option
soft; tender; soft (colour, light, etc.); subdued; informal; light
to be rich (in); to abound (in); to be abundant (in); to be rich; to be wealthy
to hold a thing in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to embrace (e.g. a baby); to take upon oneself; to be saddled with
immediately; as soon as possible; as quickly as possible
to help (someone) out of trouble; to rescue; to save
to put one's strength into
to hang over; to cover; to fall upon someone (responsibility, burden, pressure, etc.)
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodles, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
to push aside; to brush aside
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
to crush; to squash; to flatten; to quash (a plan, opposition, etc.); to crush; to suppress
to endure; to keep out (e.g. rain); to pull through; to get over; to surpass; to outdo
Noto Peninsula (Ishikawa Prefecture)
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off
counter for ships; counter for half of a pair (e.g. half of a folding screen); (arch.) counter for items carried in a bundle (e.g. fish, birds, arrows)
(attacking and) sinking (a ship); sending (a ship) to the bottom; crushing defeat; utter failure; complete exhaustion; collapsing (onto a bed, desk, etc.)
military gains; war results; fruit of battle
Japanese citizen; (the) Japanese
very; very much; greatly; considerably; highly; exceedingly
in good health; alive and well; going strong
relief; mitigation; alleviation; relaxation (of restrictions, tensions, etc.); easing; softening
within the country; inside the county; domestic; home; internal
yours sincerely; respectfully yours
brewing; fermenting; arousing; causing; creating
people; men and women; each person; everybody
mass communication; mass media
opening to the public; making available to the public; exhibiting; unveiling; release (of a film, information, etc.); disclosure
fluke; chance; unexpected event; lucky shot (e.g. in billiards)
people (of a country); nation; citizen; Democratic Party for the People
reduction; curtailment; cut; cutback; scaling down; contraction
to sink (e.g. a ship); to submerge; to lower (e.g. one's body into a chair); to floor (an opponent)