rank; ranking order; hierarchy
first place; first rank; units position (of a number)
the same ratio or percentage
oh!; ah!; oh dear!; good grief!; dear me!; thank God!
to make good; to improve; to do often; to be kind to; to treat well
farce; charade; person who serves tea; short and humorous improvised sketch (originating from Edo-era kabuki)
completely; absolutely; (not) at all; (not) a bit; earnestly; intently
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
subsidence; sinking; fall (of a city, fortress, etc.); surrender; fall (in position, rank, etc.); demotion
pan; pot; saucepan; stew; hot pot
revival (of an old system, custom, fashion, etc.); restoration; return; resurrection; rebirth
rebellious phase; rebellious age
old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)
individual plate; single individual's small dish on which food taken from shared serving dishes is placed
shy; diffident; retiring; reserved
latest work (e.g. book, film); newest work; most recent work
soft; software; soft hat; felt hat; soft serve ice cream; softball
to resort to violence; to use force; to be able to get; to be able to afford; to jab; to swing at a bad ball (baseball)
older brother; elder brother; brother-in-law (spouse's older brother or older sister's husband)
to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into; to raid; to come to grips with; to get to the core of
Hello Work (official nickname for the Public Employment Security Office)
recruiting; job offer; job vacancy
with a start; with a jump
to exterminate; to eradicate; to wipe out; to let (fire) go out; to let die (e.g. flowers); to run out of
in an instant; instantly; in a moment; instantaneously; in the twinkling of an eye
with a plop; with a plonk; with a plunk; with a flop
many; much; plenty; hardly
Hamburg steak; hamburger steak
nagging; faultfinding; carping; captious
at first; initially; in the beginning
job transfer; job relocation; intra-company transfer
as; because; with; due to
heavy (feeling, etc.); gloomy (weather, etc.); oppressive (atmosphere, etc.); stifling; strained
to hesitate; to have scruples; to be afraid of what others may think; to lord it over; to have great influence
to divide; to separate; to partition; to punctuate; to mark off (with a comma); to insert pauses (between words or phrases when reading aloud)
conclusion (of an argument, discussion, study, etc.); conclusion
to cross one's mind; to occur to one
scrubbing hard; scrubbing clean
tear gland; lacrimal gland