to sweep; to brush; to clean; to gather silkworms
pointing down; pointing downward; (market) decline; downturn; downward trend
starting; engaging; expenses; costs; attack (esp. a corner approach in the game of go); barb
hello; good day; good afternoon
lower reaches (of a river); bottom; lower part; lower half (of the body, esp. the privates); feces (faeces); end
returning alive; surviving; reaching the home plate
climbing to the summit; summiting
to bless; to show mercy to; to give (money, etc.)
to think out; to devise; to invent; to begin to think; to come up with a plan
planned; scheduled; systematic
to cease; to desist; to cut it out; to lay off (an activity); to drop (a subject) to abolish; to resign
to be fated to; be linked by fate
surname; family name; hereditary title (used in ancient Japan to denote rank and political standing)
agglutination; adhesion; fusion; combination; blending; uniting
true; real; genuine; proper; utter
it's probably so; it stands to reason
one-ring hang-up call (to receive a call back, oft. for scams); missed call for exchanging phone numbers; wangiri
one's business; reading of scriptures before a (statue of) Buddha; bargain; discount; (arch.) money paid to a prostitute or geisha
sticky; syrupy; weakly (of a flame); gently (e.g. boil); dozing off; napping
stereotype; preconceived idea; preconceived notion
to break; to smash; to defeat; to destroy; to eliminate
origin; beginning; source; rise
negligence; neglect; carelessness; procrastination
as a child; when one was a child
surroundings; circumference
to return evil for good; to return a favour with spite (favor)
duty and humanity; (a sense of) moral obligation and humane feelings
load; heavy burden; encumbrance; heavy freight; heavy responsibility
mountain villa; mountain retreat; mountain cottage
care of; at the household of (when addressing letter, etc.); c-o
online shopping service (with delivery by mail); mail order; mail-order sales; shop-by-mail service
on the way back; returning
to finish reading; to read through
beforehand; in advance; previously
ridiculous; absurd; silly; laughable
extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; annihilation
anyone; anybody; everyone; whoever
to get twisted; to get crooked; to become twisted (of a mind, relationship, etc.); to become warped; to become troubled; to become complicated