barrier wall; bulkhead; partition; septum; diaphragm
February and August (months when business is generally at its slowest)
loose; slack; gentle (slope, curve); slow (speed); lenient; liberal
(earthenware) mortar (for grinding)
form; shape; state; condition; letter; correspondence
stage (platform); performance; show; stage (phase); part; stage
to prepare; to provide; to set up; to establish; to organize
kind; sort; type; similar example; parallel; the like
arrangement (of resources); deployment; stationing; posting; disposition; configuration
command; commander; commandant
official uniform; official dress
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
query; interrogation; enquiry; question; inquiry
dictatorship; despotism; autocracy; running (a company, etc.) despotically
to consult with; to discuss; to confer; to deliberate
to exterminate; to eradicate; to wipe out; to let (fire) go out; to let die (e.g. flowers); to run out of
eternity; permanence; perpetuity; Eikyū era (1113.7.13-1118.4.3)
breaking up (a meeting, gathering, etc.); dispersal (e.g. of a crowd); dissolution (of a company, organization, etc.); winding-up; dissolution (of the Diet, Parliament, etc.)
executive; government; administration; governance; the authorities
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
light; light (colour, food, comedy, etc.); right; right field; right fielder
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
as if; as though; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest; really; completely
calm; quiet; gentle; moderate; reasonable; amicable
to flicker; to quiver; to waver; to sway
to glitter; to sparkle; to twinkle; to glisten; to gleam; to glint
fantastic; magical; wondrous; whimsical; fairytale-like; romantic
to make a speech; to address
water tank; cistern; fish tank; aquarium
to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect
to maintain; to continue to have
one part; one portion; one section
consequence; result; conclusion; apodosis
loss (of assets, profit, etc.)
expression; representation; description; representation (of a group)
what is called; what they call; so-called