to fall flat; to collapse in a heap
to take a pinch of something (e.g. salt); to pick up in one's fingers
quilt; bedspread; cover (for a kotatsu quilt); cloak; smock; second dyeing
morning; breakfast; (arch.) next morning
around the clock; day and night
on purpose; deliberately; intentionally
dying in vain; useless death; meaningless death
newcomer; initiate; rookie
to bewilder; to perplex; to puzzle; to tempt; to seduce
in the future; another day; later
to satisfy (conditions, one's appetite, etc.); to meet (e.g. demands); to fulfill; to fill (e.g. a cup); to pack; to supply
to add; to add up; to increase; to gather (e.g. speed); to include; to count in
succession; continuation; series; sequence
exhaustion; fatigue; impoverishment; (financial) exhaustion; ruin
serious; severe; grave; acute
fixed number (of people); prescribed number (of regular personnel, students, etc.); quota; capacity (of a bus, boat, theatre, etc.); seating capacity
reorganization; reorganisation; reshuffle
fatigue; weariness; exhaustion; tiredness
reduction; decrease; subtraction; (arch.) reduction of penalty (under the ritsuryo codes)
to mount up; to pile up; to accumulate; to increase
to raise one's voice; to lift one's voice; to speak emphatically
to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner
to try all possible means
aid; assistance; help; cheering; rooting (for); support
appeal; call for something; request; axiom
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
field of vision; visibility; view; visual field; (one's) ken
to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)
from the beginning; without hesitation; flatly (e.g. refusing); entirely; completely
hot water; hot bath; hot spring; molten iron
skip it; drop it; I've had enough (e.g. when offered something); that's enough
abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
whispering; subdued; murmuring; dry and tasteless
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up
crushed flat; flattened; flat-chested girl; sound of a sticky rice cake sticking to something
to show up; to appear; to turn up
new and old; incoming and outgoing
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least