direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
operation; management; handling; manipulating (to one's benefit); manipulation; influencing
sensitivity (e.g. of a measuring instrument); reception (radio, TV, etc.); sensitivity (of film)
influence; effect; to influence; to affect; to have an influence on
to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
promptly; immediately; quickly; indifferently
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
danger; peril; hazard; risk
dividing for administrative purposes; partition; division
absurd; unreasonable; excessive; very; extremely; excessively
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
impossible; incapable (of doing); incompetence; inability; impotence; having no solution (of an equation)
according to; by (means of); due to; because of
feel (i.e. tactile sensation); touch; feeling; sensation; texture (e.g. food, cloth)
soft; tender; gentle; mild; informal; light
crevice; crack; spare moment; interval; chink (in one's armor, armour); unpreparedness
to spill over and fall; to scatter (petals, leaves, etc.)
before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end
to tie; to restrain; to confine; to bind; to fasten
quite; entirely; completely; as if; as though; just like
to catch and tie up; to apprehend; to entangle; to trap; to brush out (e.g. dust, fur, plaque); to extract
to apologize; to apologise
unskilled; clumsy; lousy; poor; awkward; shitty