dull (e.g. of movement or reaction); sluggish
huge; vast; enormous; swelling; expansion
amount of material resources
progress; pace; carriage; step; stage
to furnish; to install; to get someone's agreement; to patronize; to buy usually from the same store
to get stuck with (some job); to end up with (something unpleasant)
to proceed in a logical manner; to go through the proper channels
to overdo; to do too much
small door which leads into a tea ceremony hut
fine weather (i.e. little or no clouds); fair weather; clear weather; clear sky; fair skies
to get tired of; to lose interest in; to be fed up with; to have enough
irritation; annoyance; frustration
doing something separately (from the group); going off on one's own
protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation
superintendent; supervisor; warden
gift; boon; (good) result; fruit (e.g. of one's efforts)
to leave (someone) alone; to leave to oneself; to leave (someone) be
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
engawa; external corridor on the outer side of traditional Japanese houses; bone at the base of a fin; meat at the base of a fin (esp. of a flatfish)
mediator; peacemaker; troubleshooter; manager
drawer; withdrawal (of money from an account); variety of knowledge and experience useful for handling things impromptu
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
proper; respectable; decent; (arch.) entirely; (arch.) completely; (arch.) wholly
priority; order of precedence
because of; owing to; due to
refusal; rejection; denial; veto
stagnation; hindrance; delay
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
to compare (something) to; to liken; to speak figuratively; to use a simile; to use a metaphor
(historic) a temple in which women seeking release from marriage could take refuge
to indicate; to show; to point to
pathological; morbid; unhealthy; diseased; unwholesome; abnormal
successive generations; successive emperors
to have a bad time; to go through a bitter experience; to get into trouble; to get hurt; to suffer
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
superiors; big shots; higher-ups; VIPs; dignitaries
maid; female servant; hostess (in a ryokan); waitress (in a traditional restaurant); (arch.) court lady