one's own property; possessions
time; season; period; phase; stage
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
to press forward; to forge ahead; to push on
level; standard; water level
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
repair; mending; fixing; servicing
equipment; facilities; installation; accommodations; conveniences; arrangements
to put in order; to arrange; to get ready; to prepare; to work out (e.g. business deal); to arrange (e.g. marriage)
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)
to devote oneself; to do one thing exclusively; to make a job of; to decide to
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
to cough violently; to have a coughing fit
derisory; negligible; minimal; nominal; imperceptible
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
adds vagueness and indirectness to the word or phrase it is used with
to hang over; to cover; to fall upon someone (responsibility, burden, pressure, etc.)
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
(arch.) it is not so; no; never mind
to lie on top of each other; to overlap; to pile up
civilized world; civilised world
large number; innumerable; great many; immense; vast; abundant
learning; scholarship; study; study of ...; -ology; -ics
to take lessons in; to be taught; to learn (from a teacher); to study (under a teacher); to get training in
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
forcibly; against one's will
without; but if; otherwise; or else
to tear; to rip up; to cut up; to cleave; to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers); to spare (time, money, etc.)
to make sense; to be meaningful
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
minimum; minuscule; local minimum
grain; bead; drop; counter for small round objects including grains, seeds, pills, drops