to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
inaw (ritual wood shaving stick used in Ainu prayers to the spiritual world.)
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
land of the gods; Japan; Heaven
(social) position; status
silver (Ag); silver coin; money; silver medal; silver colour; silver color; bank
change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
private first-class (army); airman first class (air force); lance corporal (US Marines; Commonwealth military); seaman (navy)
order; command; decree; (software) instruction; statement
monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
not feeling like doing ...; having no mind to ...; being in no mood for ...; having no intention of ...
granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
belief; faith; adherence; espousal
action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation
there; that situation; that occasion; the spot (i.e. "on the spot"); immediately; then and there
to dream (i.e. while asleep); to have a dream; to dream (of the future); to have a fleeting experience
letter; missive; note; mail
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
still more; even more; all the more; still less; even less
oneiromancy; dream fortune-telling
prediction; prophecy; prognostication
invalid; void; ineffective; unavailable
treating someone like a child
by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means
the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come
to move forward; to move on
to hunt (animals); to search (for a criminal); to go looking for (flowers, etc.); to gather (mushrooms)
arm; skill; efforts; ability
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
book; volume; this; present; main; head
First Sino-Japanese war (1894-1895)
each time; every time; whenever (something happens); on the occasion of
to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)