better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth
(sense of) rivalry; competitiveness
polite; courteous; civil; careful; close; thorough
to fold (clothes, umbrella); to close (a shop, business); to vacate
seiza; kneeling with the tops of the feet flat on the floor, and sitting on the soles
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
lifting a ban; raising an embargo; opening a season (hunting, fishing, etc.); publishing contents; revealing information
to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular
living flesh; flesh and blood; physical body of Buddha or a bodhisattva
to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to
(eating or drinking) to one's heart's content
soft flesh (esp. in a sexual context)
naming; nominating; designating; calling on; asking for; requesting
charming; fascinating; enchanting; bewitching; beguiling; captivating
sidelong glance; flirtatious glance
unnatural; affected; studied; forced
to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize
to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
improper; inappropriate; unjust; unfair; unreasonable
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
to distribute; to hand out; to deliver; to allot; to allocate; to place (staff, soldiers, etc.)
grain; bead; drop; counter for small round objects including grains, seeds, pills, drops
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
nimble; agile; quick; quick (thinking); smart; alert
(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely
to be furnished with; to be provided with; to be possessed of; to be endowed with; to be among; to be one of
item; something that one "just has to have"
trade; buying and selling; trafficking (e.g. of humans, arms, drugs); dealing
picking; collecting; harvesting
emigration; immigration; emigrant; immigrant