vocabulary; lexicon; lexis; terminology
poor; meagre; meager; feeble; scanty; shabby
modern Japanese; current written style
to be sluggish (business); to make little progress; to not grow as much as expected
straw-wrapped item; bundle of straw (containing a food item, etc.); local produce; souvenir; present
linear motor train; linear induction motor train; magnetic levitation train; maglev train
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
example; simile; metaphor; allegory
messy; confused; chaotic; complaining about various things
to hesitate to say; to mumble; to hem and haw; to falter
surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly
Suruga (former province located in the central and northern parts of present-day Shizuoka Prefecture)
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
paralysis; palsy; numbness; stupor
to resolve; to ready (oneself); to make up one's mind
to raise one's voice; to shout
(inflected) end of a word; end of a sentence
quick; swift; nimble; quick (understanding, judgement, etc.); alert; prompt
writing off (a debt); cancellation; balancing the books; cancelling out (gains or losses); making even; making up (for)
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since
quick; fast; rapid; swift; prompt; streamlined
to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place); to be limited to; to be confined to; to only account for
quick work; (clever) feat
wearing armour (armor); counter for suits of armour
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
law; act; method; mood; dharma; law
double; two-fold; diplo-; dipl-; double-edged eyelid; double eyelid
height; acme; extremity; end; limit
seiza; kneeling with the tops of the feet flat on the floor, and sitting on the soles
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping); perfectly (suited)
crevice; crack; spare moment; interval; chink (in one's armor, armour); unpreparedness
home position; origin; usual place (for something)
flexible; lithe; soft; pliable
supple; flexible; elastic; graceful; elegant; refined