to lessen; to decrease; to diminish
quarter; person with one non-Japanese grandparent
per person; per capita; per head
sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages; counter for cupfuls, bowlfuls, spoonfuls, etc.; counter for boats; counter for octopuses and squid; cup (in sports)
only; merely; but; no more than
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
(ethyl) alcohol; spirits of wine
long-cherished ambition; satisfaction
focus (e.g. photographic); focal point
incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; mysterious; meaningless
another world (esp. in fiction); otherworld; parallel universe; different-dimension world; isekai
standard; basis; criterion; norm; reference; datum
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis
assistant; helper; assistant (to a professor)
knee; lap; knee and thigh (while sitting)
to crumble down; to tumble down; to fall in
leaving out; omitting; skipping; (beating) in succession; in a row
releasing stored goods (esp. sake); delivery (of goods from a storehouse)
to mishear; to hear wrongly; to misunderstand
some; few; somewhat; to a certain extent; (arch.) many; (arch.) a lot
high (e.g. ball in baseball); highish; on the expensive side; comparatively expensive; wait tile which produces a winning hand with a higher score
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
to employ; to hire; to charter
to nod one's head; to nod yes; to agree
society; the world; the times
to erase; to delete; to turn off (power); to switch off; to extinguish; to put out
suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy
astonished beyond words; speechless out of shock
extermination; expulsion; destruction
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
shot; charge; blow; punch; home run; try
to prepare oneself for the worst; to strengthen one's resolve; to accept one's fate; to prepare oneself
future; possible; potential; prospective
group; (free) radical; counter for installed or mounted objects (e.g. stone lanterns, gravestones, satellites)
10^8; 100,000,000; hundred million