to use (as a tool) for one's own advantage; to use as a pretext; to use as an excuse
next (year, spring, etc.); coming; since (e.g. last month); for (e.g. 20 years)
next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to
waking up early; getting up early; early rising
to miss (a train, bus, etc.); to fail to keep up with (e.g. the times); to be left behind by
gaping (e.g. mouth, wound); (opening) wide; wide open; snapping up (e.g. bait); biting into (food); gobbling up
runner-up; second (in a race)
merciless; ruthless; pitiless; unfeeling
steel; sword steel; sword
partition; division; settlement of accounts; preliminary warm-up ritual; toeing the mark; directing
setting up (a structure, building, camp, etc.); construction; preparation (e.g. of a venue); arrangement (of an event)
packing into a box; boxing (up); thing packed in a box
aid; help; assistance; assistant; counselor; counsellor
critical point (temperature)
relying completely on others; being totally dependent on others
to run a shop; to have a shop
to be baked (food); to be printed (photos); to be fired (pottery)
detonation by contact; contact detonation; touching off (something); triggering; sparking
crouch start (in a sprint)
(regular) customer; client; patron; clientele
particular; special; (not) particularly; (not) especially
what kind of thing; anything (else); nothing (but)
to fill in a hole; to plug a gap (money, personnel, etc.); to make up for a deficiency; to cover a deficit
hospitality industry; service trade (hotel and restaurant); service industry
exorbitant; outrageous; ridiculous; absurd; excessive; inordinate
ironclad rule; inviolable rule; invariable principle; iron law
to supply (goods, money, etc.); to cover (costs); to pay; to give board; to provide meals
intention; wish; purpose; mind (to do)
to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)
taboo word; forbidden topic; words or phrases not allowed (in waka and haikai)
germination; germ; sprout; early sign; beginning; starting to appear
large number (of); many; majority
to take root (of a plant); to strike root; to root; to become established (e.g. of an idea, a movement); to take hold; to take root
netsuke; carved toggle used to tether a small container to the sash of a robe
to rest; to suspend; to give relief
clear weather; cloudless weather; good weather
cloudless (sky); without a cloud (in the sky)
on a stage; on a platform; on an altar
to use up (all one's strength, ideas, etc.); to exert oneself; to do one's best
athlete's oath of fair play