to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten
(your) business; (your) concern; (customer's) order; official business (of the government, Imperial Court, etc.); arrest; capture
highest grade; finest quality; top class; superlative (degree)
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
business; thing to be done; something that should be performed; information that should be conveyed
sense of distance (physical or emotional); feeling of distance
since when; from when; how long
difficult to understand; unintelligible; abstruse
not yet known; unknown; strange
preface; introduction; lead in (to a joke, question, etc.); lead up; payment in advance (by bank transfer); swinging (one's body) forward
to blurt out; to let slip; to say inadvertently; to come out with (e.g. nonsense)
main topic; main subject; main issue; this subject
a little bit; a little while
mechanical pencil; automatic pencil; propelling pencil
wick; marrow; core; heart; pistil (of a flower); stamen
correspondence (to); equivalence; suitability; coordination; dealing with; coping with
to call in; to invite; to bring in
to slide into; to slip into
to be driven into a corner; to be left with nowhere to turn; to be in a dilemma; to be unable to go forward or backward; to be stranded; to get stuck
outer canthus; outer corner of the eye
to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)
suitable; appropriate; befitting; conjoining; association; samprayukta
getting information (esp. by interviewing witnesses, etc. in a police investigation)
to comb out; to brush; to untangle; to unravel
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow (handling, dealing with something); anyhow; one way or another
distortion; falsification; perversion
to comb down; to smooth down
various; varied; diverse; all sorts of
to set free; to let go; to release; to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to let get away
term; period; time frame; time limit; deadline; cutoff (date)
soon; shortly; nearly; almost
winter vacation; winter holidays
notice or order handed down from above; announcement; notification; Edo-period proclamation issued by the shogunate (or a daimyo, etc.) to the concerned parties
relieved; refreshed; frank; candid; easy-going
manner of speaking; verbal argument; objection; protesting a decision (esp. that of a sumo referee); rumor; rumour
abdomen; abdominal region; belly; middle part
to be dented; to be indented; to be beaten; to be overwhelmed; to be disheartened; to feel down
dialogue; conversation; talk; discussion; communication
frightening; scary; (arch.) extreme; (arch.) exaggerated; (arch.) huge
unsuitable; inappropriate; improper
national language; Japanese language (esp. as a school subject in Japan); one's native language; mother tongue; native Japanese words (as opposed to loanwords and Chinese-derived words)
not entirely wrong but not entirely right; so-so; average
love; romance; tender passion; emotion; affections
nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...