to retreat; to back off; to draw back; to step back; to shrink away
all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew
nod deeply; glugging; drinking deeply
ancient civilization; ancient civilisation
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
expert; learned person; doctor; PhD; instructor at the imperial court (ritsuryo period); pitch and length marks (to accompany a Buddhist liturgical chant, etc.)
eccentric; oddball; character; weirdo
genius; prodigy; natural gift
keyword; key word; clue word; keyword; search term; indexing term
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
laugh; laughter; smile; sneer; sex aids (e.g. dildos, pornographic books, erotic woodblock prints, etc.)
name; given name; first name
guy; fellow; chap; bastard; asshole; arsehole
accurate; correct; precise; exact
to scatter; to sprinkle; to spray; to lavish (money, charm, etc.)
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
last moves (in go, shogi, or chess); endgame; gathering; collecting; coming together
no!; no no!; no, not at all
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
storehouse; warehouse; godown
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
administrator; janitor; manager; custodian; executor
blunder; bungle; clumsiness
one day; (on) a certain day
hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person
tool; means; ingredients (added to soup, rice, etc.); counter for sets of armor, utensils, furniture, etc.
above ground; on the ground; earth's surface; this world; this earth
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
super-; ultra-; extremely; really; over; more than
low-altitude flying; having consistently poor results (grades, sales, etc.); barely scraping by; being on the verge of failing
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
snowy mountain; permanently snow-covered mountain; pile of snow; Himalayas
to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing
to finish; to end; to merely result in something less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
warehouse; storehouse; cellar; magazine; granary; godown
tsk tsk; oh-oh; huh; what's that?