scroll; rolled book; scarf; muffler; sushi made rolled in nori seaweed with a core of filling
-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
distant (from someone); aloof; estranged; knowing little (of); ill-informed (about); ignorant (of)
matter; thing; affair; circumstance
talk (of the town); rumour; rumor; gossip
each; (arch.) you (plural)
slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
example; simile; metaphor; allegory
union; alliance; combination; RENGO (Japanese Trade Union Confederation)
almost; roughly; approximately
demolition; taking down; dissolution (of an organization, company, etc.); breaking up; dissection (of a body); dismemberment
tide; current; tendency; trend
to assemble everything together; to do something as a group
staying behind; remaining; residual
to detain; to keep; to lock up; to retain; to leave (letter) till called for
while; during (the time when)
deviation; inclination; offset; polarization; polarisation
all; entire; whole; altogether
important matter; matter of great importance; serious affair; major incident; emergency
to enliven; to liven up; to cause a stir in (e.g. the newspapers); to make prosperous
to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)
half; 50%; tie; 5 parts; 5%
noisily (e.g. from many people talking); creating a commotion; rustling (leaves); feeling a chill; getting the chills
to go wrong; to turn for the worse
disadvantage; handicap; drawback; inadvisability; inexpediency; loss
for now; for the time being; for the present; though not quite satisfactorily; after a fashion
to continue (for a long time); to occur in succession; to come next (e.g. on TV)
as a child; when one was a child; childhood
fairy tale; fairy story; nursery tale
house; dwelling; human habitation
to overdo; to do too much
to float; to be suspended; to rise to the surface; to appear; to come to mind; to have inspiration
to pass (of time); to elapse
previous generation; former ages
end; finish; bounds; limits; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
birth and growth; giving birth and raising; development; breeding