hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
expenses; expenditure; outgoings; outlays; costs
to increase; to add to; to augment
loss; damage; harm; disadvantage; handicap; drawback
trouble; bother; number of moves (in go, shogi, etc.); number of punches (in boxing)
cannot avoid doing; cannot help but (do); is compelled to do; (feel) obliged to (do); has to do
to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
picking up; someone who picks up things; type picking (letterpress printing); walking (of an aristocrat)
(a) principle; (a) reason; (a) point; some truth
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
overnight stay; stopover; inn; hotel; anchorage; night duty
longish; moderately long; somewhat long; fairly long
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming
spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone
slap in the face; slap on the cheek
to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
punch (with the fist); punching (a hole); hole punch; punch (drink); punch (in a song, speech, etc.); impact
power; might; authority; influence
tolerance level; permissible range; acceptable limits
(family) crest; coat of arms; pattern; figure
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
even though; despite; when
to get angry; to get mad; to tell someone off; to scold; to be angular; to be square
(for) one's own use; personal use; private use
proposal; offer; request; application
to notice; to recognize; to recognise; to become aware of; to perceive; to realize
attractive; good-looking; stylish; cool; smooth; neat
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
water ball; large inflatable sphere that allows a person inside it to walk across the surface of a body of water
one more time; once more; once again
to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.); to shoot; to set free; to release; to emit (e.g. light); to give off (e.g. a scent)
tummy; tumtum; bang-bang; pop-pop; without reservation; unreservedly
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat
system; lineage; ancestry; group (e.g. of colors) (colours); family (e.g. of languages); close (evolutionary) relationship