negligent; careless; slipshod; slovenly; reckless; irresponsible
to become overgrown; to grow thick; to spread; to run rampant; to thrive
1,000,000; one million; million; many
production; output; turning out; extraction (e.g. of minerals)
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); province (of Japan)
whole; entirety; to begin with; in the first place; ... the heck (e.g. "what the heck?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?")
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
inconvenience; inexpediency; unhandiness
to remove; to get rid of; to exclude; to except; to kill (a traitor, opponent, etc.)
to sell; to betray; to sell out (one's friend, country, etc.); to make (oneself) known; to establish (a reputation) for oneself; to pick (a fight, quarrel, etc.)
private plan; one's own plan
to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation
announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known
fall; decline; lowering; deterioration; degradation
versus; against; to (e.g. score of 4 to 2, ratio of 3 to 1, vote of 320 to 180); toward ...; to ...; equal footing
beneficial; profitable; useful; helpful; instructive
possibility; chance; potential; potentiality; possibility (modal property of a proposition containing no logical contradiction)
have to (do, be); must (do, be); is indispensable; is absolutely necessary
serious look (on one's face); straight face
to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)
level; standard; water level
low-grade; low-class; low-quality; vulgar; cheap
without; unacceptable; not alright; (arch.) nonexistent; (arch.) not being (there)
control; management (e.g. of a business)
disadvantage; handicap; drawback; inadvisability; inexpediency; loss
to discern (e.g. right from wrong); to discriminate; to distinguish; to know (manners, one's place, etc.); to understand; to bear in mind
being ruined; being spoiled; coming to nothing; complete loss of face
rise; increase; income; takings; completion; end; end result (e.g. of crafts)
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
good-for-nothing; useless; worthless
treadwheel (e.g. for pumping water into fields); treadmill
steam; vapour; vapor; steamboat; steam locomotive
sorrow; grief; anguish; anxiety; worry; trouble
tail (of an animal); tail end; tip
to catch; to capture; to grab; to clutch; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street)
to pull; to draw; to string (lines); to run (cable); to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve); to drag; to haul
to be exhausted; to be tired out; to be worn out; to be discouraged; to lose heart; to give in
university; college; former imperial university of Japan (established under the ritsuryō system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
(Oh) dear!; (Oh) dear me!; Good gracious
momentous; exigent; urgent; important; vital