maidservant; housemaid; hostess (in a ryokan); waitress (in a traditional restaurant); (arch.) court lady; (arch.) lady
ordinary person; average person; man in the street; everyman; (a) nobody
just when (one is about to ...); just as; the very moment when; on the point of
value in doing something; feeling that something is worth doing; rewarding feeling; sense of satisfaction
to bring (someone into a place); to lead into
hint; suggestion; clue; suggestion
fragment; scrap; piece; shred
to pick up; to pick out (e.g. key points in an article); to single out; to point out
work; workmanship; craftsmanship; artifice; trick; device
to give (time, money, goods); to donate; to do; to perform; to apply (processing, makeup, etc.); to add (e.g. ornamentation, annotation)
to induce (someone to do something); to tempt; to act toward (someone in a certain way); to handle (men); to send; to forward to
to come from; to have roots in
counter for thin, flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper, plates, coins); counter for portions of gyōza or soba; counter for ranks; counter for wrestlers of a particular rank; counter for fields or rice paddies; counter for palanquin bearers
to cut off; to excise; to tear off; to cut out; to whittle down; to tear out
process; procedure; sequence; protocol; instruction
to pay attention; to be watchful
since some time ago; for quite a while; already
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to aim for; to strive for
meeting; rendezvous; meeting for the first time; coming across; confluence
having to be; must be; should be; ought to be
to introduce; to compare; to check; to adjust; to pull into place
ethics; ethical viewpoint; moral value; sense of duty; sense of ethics
to the extent possible; as much as possible; as far as possible; whenever possible; wherever possible; if (at all) possible
to be extremely difficult; to present a major challenge
to call (someone) to (the door, phone, etc.); to tell (someone) to come; to call up (on the phone); to invoke (e.g. a subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)
to remake; to remold; to remould; to convert; to reconstruct; to adapt
excelling; surpassing; outdoing
to plant; to transplant; to instil (idea, feeling, etc.)
trigger (of a gun, etc.); trigger (for something); immediate cause
several times; a few times; several degrees; a few degrees
expression; look; countenance; face
prescribed; designated; appointed; fixed
enshrinement (of a deity); residing (in a shrine or sacred place); sitting prominently (in a place); being plunked down; being planted (in a spot)
chain (bicycle, measuring, tire, etc.); chain (store, hotel, etc.)
usual; ordinary; normal; regular; general; common
returning alive; surviving; reaching the home plate
to get fed up with; to get sick of; to become disgusted with