decreasing (graph falling to the right); shrinking; declining
to recover; to rally; to improve; to carry in a different way; to change one's grip (on); to shift (a bag, etc.) from one hand to the other
to take (seat, position, course, office, etc.); to assume; to ascend (the throne); to accede; to start (on a journey); to commence
slight; insignificant; small
with a collapse; with a slump
capital (esp. Kyoto, Japan's former capital); seat of government; capital (of music, fashion, etc.); city (e.g. of light); location of the Imperial Palace
so (e.g. so much, so close, so many, so few)
to cultivate a better understanding
relay; hook-up; relay broadcasting
house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.); graduate school; postgraduate school; institution (often medical); institutional building; sub-temple; minor temple building
lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)
to be forced to do or experience something (against one's will); to be forced to do something because one has no other choice
fetters; shackles; hobbles; encumbrance; hindrance; burden
quantity of hot spring water
transportation access; access to (public) transportation; convenience of access (by road or rail); transport links
contest; comparison; competition
white; unseasoned; undyed; very much; precisely; playing dumb
soul; spirit; willpower; vitality; something as important as one's own life; something invaluable
insect; bug; worm; roundworm; thing inside one's body believed to influence one's thoughts and feelings; (one's) unconscious; nervousness
wholesale store; wholesale dealer; wholesaler
skilled; skillful; skilful; competent; capable; good
being dead drunk; drunken stupor
how much; how many; to what extent; oh my god; how; what the
to lean (to one side); to incline; to be unbalanced (e.g. diet); to be unduly weighted towards; to be partial; to be biased
a kind; a sort; of sorts; something of a; sort of; somewhat
gō; traditional unit of volume, approx. 180 ml; gō; traditional unit of area, approx 0.33 square meters; one-tenth of the distance from the base to the summit of a mountain; conjunction; sum
(school) grade; year; class; grade; kyu (junior rank in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.)
shō; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 litres
300; three hundred; 300 mon; trifling amount; shyster
soul; spirit; departed soul; ghost
tortoise; turtle; heavy drinker; turtle crest; turtle mon
passing through without stopping; passing by
peerless; unparalleled; unparallelled; mowing down the enemy
nationwide; countrywide; national; throughout the country
to crown; to cap; to prefix with; to start with; to begin with
most important work (of a writer, artist, etc.); representative work; masterpiece; magnum opus; major work
firmly; solidly; sturdily; strongly; toughly
to pick a fight; to pick a quarrel