allotment; assignment; allocation; allocation
rate; ratio; profit; assignment; 10%; unit of ten percent; match
half; 50%; tie; 5 parts; 5%
better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
the same generation; coeval
average height; average body height
sun (approx. 3.03 cm); length; measurement; shortness; tininess
crude; unrefined; coarse; ill-mannered; rude; insensitive
consecutive defeats; series of defeats
vulgar; indecent; coarse; crude
horizontally; flat; across; crossways; crosswise
to count on the abacus; to calculate cost-benefit; to calculate profitability; to be guided by self-interest
beforehand; in advance; previously
reality; actuality; hard fact
ordering (materials); placing an order; order
in so doing; when you do so; in this regard; on this occasion; some time during that period
to push aside; to brush or thrust aside; to remove; to get rid of
probability; likelihood; chances
letter; note; epistle; correspondence
to work out; to think up; to devise; to manage to find (money, time, etc.); to scrape together (funds)
the Emperor; His Majesty; the government; the authorities; proprietress; hostess
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
to have a limit; to go too far (e.g. joke)
to increase; to add to; to augment
to strike; to hit; to beat; to punch
to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation
standard; standardized; average; normal; ordinary
average; mean; balance; equilibrium
halving; dividing (into two parts); bisection; the two equinoxes (vernal and autumnal)
one tenth; one hundredth; one percent; one tenth of a sun; one quarter ryō (an old coin)
slander; bad-mouthing; abuse; insult; speaking ill (of)
father-in-law; foster father; stepfather
criticism; judgement; judgment; comment
to take (be in) charge of