half; semi-; half-past; odd number; (arch.) han (unit of land area, approx. 595.8 m^2)
public works; public-works projects; public utilities
success or failure; outcome; result
private; non-governmental; non-official; folk; popular
to entrust (a matter) to; to leave to; to abandon oneself to (e.g. pleasure); to yield to (e.g. anger); to devote oneself to
reason; cause; meaning; sense; (good) sense; reason
service; duty; business; Buddhist religious services
mandarin (esp. the satsuma mandarin (Citrus unshiu)); mandarin orange; tangerine; citrus (Citrus spp.)
going side-by-side; going abreast; running concurrently; occurring at the same time; keeping pace with
Kagoshima (city, prefecture)
rebuilding; reconstruction; rehabilitation; protoform reconstruction
next (year, spring, etc.); coming; since (e.g. last month); for (e.g. 20 years)
library; book collection; paperback book
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
time (three times, each time, etc.); times
far away; far off; nowhere near; far cry
though imperfect; somehow; somehow or other
synthesis; combination; general; combined; synthesis; colligation
centre; center; center fielder
remarkable; striking; brilliant; splendid; spectacular; wonderful
famous place; noted place; place of (scenic or historical) interest; sights (to see)
to take out; to carry out; to bring out from where it belongs; to mention something; to broach a topic; to bring up (a subject)
being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter
cannot help (laughing, feeling sympathy, etc.); cannot hold back (tears, anger, etc.); cannot suppress
(inflectional) ending of a word; end of a sentence
to hit (e.g. with a car); to knock down; to reject; to eliminate; to refuse (e.g. a request); to deny; to flip
boiled and half-dried bonito
dramatic; exciting; touching; extreme
cargo; freight; money or assets
growing (graph rising to the right); increasing; soaring; expanding
physical distribution; distribution of goods; logistics
limited; limiting; restrictive
to provide with funds; to fund; to advance some capital; to furnish with funds
to work hard; to sweat; to wash off one's sweat
to moisten; to wet; to profit; to enrich; to benefit
often; again and again; frequently; repeatedly
to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other
every single word and phrase; word by word
one's every action; every single move; slight effort; least trouble; small amount of work
maintenance; preservation; improvement
parlance; manner of speaking; art of conversation; narration; speech; discourse
to divert (e.g. one's mind); to distract; to relieve (boredom, sorrow, etc.); to conceal (e.g. one's grief with a smile); to hide; to shift (the conversation)