to fall below (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to be less than; to be lower than; to fall just short of; to be just under
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
one thin flat object; one sheet
some; any; in any way; of some kind; of some sort
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
gate; branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master; division; phylum; counter for cannons
greeting; greetings; speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address; reply; response; revenge
putting on a brave face; put-on cheeriness; pretending one is fine; show of courage; bravado; Dutch courage
far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far
so; like this; in this way
well; properly; best regards; please remember me; just like ...; as though one were ...
to make sound (of an animal); to call; to cry; to make a meld call (e.g. pung, kong)
rucksack; knapsack; backpack
meals prepared for employees (e.g. of a restaurant); staff meals
volume (sound level); volume (books); volume; substantial quantity (e.g. hearty meal); any kind of adjustment knob, not necessarily for sound
furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
in spite of; nevertheless; although; despite; no matter the; regardless of
entering; setting (of the Sun); containing; content; income; beginning
elegant; refined; polished; high-quality goods; first-class article
to boil well; to stew; to simmer (for a long time); to cook (various ingredients) together
to be solved; to be resolved; to loosen; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. a ban)
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
to be palatable; to suit one's taste
mouthful; morsel; gulp; sip; one word; in short
to throw into; to toss into
before I knew it; next thing you know; when I came to
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time
exclusive; attached to; specialist
Western-inspired art (Edo period); oil painting
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
to overflow; to brim over; to flood
stern; grim; rough; rugged; forbidding; overbearing
beard (esp. on the chin); goatee