round coin with a (square) hole in the center; coin made of non-precious materials; money
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward
softly; gently; stealthily; secretly; to leave alone; to leave as it is
to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on
humanity; empathy; kindness; human nature; common sense; customs and manners
to taste; to savor; to appreciate; to enjoy; to experience; to go through
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
end; tip; end (of the year, month, etc.); close; youngest child; descendants; offspring
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
lately; recently; nowadays
not only ... but (also); as well as ...
here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up
to get tired of (doing); to lose interest in
pain; anguish; distress; suffering; hardship
to be at a loss; to be puzzled
hardships; privations; difficulties
right; right-hand side; afore-mentioned (esp. in vertical Japanese writing); foregoing; forgoing
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
to lose one's way; to get lost; to waver; to hesitate; to give into temptation; to lose control of oneself
to carry something into a place
phew; whew; huff; whoo; wohoo
complete change; about-face
to be visible; to be clear; to be evident; to be certain
wastepaper; scrap of paper; paper scraps
to be scattered about; to disperse; to be littered (with)
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
sprinkling water (to keep down dust, cool pavements, etc.)
ago; since; before; previous
major cleanup; spring cleaning
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
feeling that one is living in a completely different age; feeling that something belongs to a different age; feeling that the world has changed dramatically
on the least pretext; at the drop of a hat
angle; square; cube; bishop; third degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Chinese "horn" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); jiao (monetary unit of China; one-tenth of a yuan)
to stand up; to put up; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to make
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
(your) business; (your) concern; (customer's) order; official business (of the government, Imperial Court, etc.); arrest; capture
please; somehow or other; one way or another