to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service
feudal domain (Edo and early Meiji periods, precursor to current prefectures); fiefdom; province
to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter
fluent (in a language); flowing
to handle (men); to master (a tool); to manage; to acquire a command of (a language)
quantity; amount; volume; number; amount of money
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
to grow cold (from room temperature, e.g. in refrigerator); to get chilly; to cool down
gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase
to set (sun); to become dark
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
morning; breakfast; (arch.) next morning
hogging; having all to oneself; monopolising; monopolizing
satsuma-age; deep-fried ball of fish paste
knob; handle; snack (to have with a drink); side dish; a pinch (e.g. of salt); (file) handle
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
drinking (sometimes esp. alcohol); drink; drinking party
lately; recently; nowadays
non-drinker; someone who cannot drink
to look down on (someone); to make fun of; to put down; to treat with contempt; to underestimate
promptly; immediately; quickly; indifferently
to scold; to chide; to rebuke; to reprimand
(sound of a) gunshot; (gun) report
here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up
all out; like hell; like crazy; desperately; (lit.) expecting to die
prototype model; experimental machine
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
anyhow; in any case; at any rate; at best; at most
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
military sword; saber; sabre
spirit; mind; nature; disposition; motivation; intention
to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along