to decrease; to be reduced; to reduce; to lessen; to subtract; to deduct
cultural exchange; cross-cultural communication; contacts between different cultures
novel; original; new; innovative
electronic lock; electric lock
duplicate key; master key; passkey; skeleton key
to run out; to rush out; to start running; to begin to run; to break into a run
to stand in the way (esp. with legs spread out); to block the way; to stand in the way (e.g. of progress); to obstruct
to kill with a sword (knife, dagger, etc.); to slay; to put to the sword
being painfully true (e.g. reprimand); making one's ears burn; striking home (e.g. remark); having an earache; feeling pain in one's ear
being beaten by one's opponent's persistence; being outlasted; running out of patience; giving in; succumbing (to)
to go to the office; to be at work
troubled face; worried expression
hunting; shooting; game; quarry
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to add up to; to advance (in price)
to become stiff (of muscles); to get absorbed in; to develop a passion for; to be elaborate; to be intricate
to say; to be called; to do
to get up (from sitting); to stand up; to (finally) start to do something; to get off one's backside; to take action
chestnut-color; chestnut-colour
to tell (a story); to give an account of (an event, experience, etc.); to relate; to tell of; to show; to indicate
to embezzle; to misappropriate; to peculate; to accustom oneself to using; to use for a long time
detached; aloof; indifferent
refined; genteel; graceful; decent
having at one's mercy; trifling with; toying with; playing with; making a fool of; leading around by the nose
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
representation; representative; exemplification; typification; leader; switchboard number
synthesis; combination; general; combined; synthesis; colligation
100,000; hundred thousand
fiscal year (usu. April 1 to March 31 in Japan); financial year; academic year; school year; product year
prominent; eminent; leading; foremost; distinguished
vessel; ship; shipping; seacraft
to chide; to rebuke; to reprove
missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown
under one's arm; (in) the armpit