to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal
to train; to teach; to acquire (information); to learn; to stock; to stock up on
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
to rise in esteem; to become popular; to rise in value (stocks)
to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself
depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program
handsome man; looker; good guy; great guy; influential person (esp. in the yakuza); sumo wrestler
ending without incident; being successfully brought to completion; finishing something without a hitch
new rice field; newly developed rice field; wasteland or marshland newly reclaimed as a rice field (Edo period)
reason; principle; general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon); (in neo-Confucianism) the underlying principles of the cosmos
our country; our land; one's own country
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
confrontation; to face; to confront; to encounter
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
unprecedented; unheard-of; record-breaking
ridding oneself; freeing oneself of; growing out of; overcoming; outgrowing
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
appropriate; suitable; fitting; apt; proper; right
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
public finance; financial affairs; financial situation
order; observance; discipline; rules; law; regulations
(police) detective; criminal matter
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
consumption tax (incl. sales tax, VAT, excise duty, etc.)
pulling up; drawing up; raising; increase; repatriation; evacuation
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
play; sport; romp; frolic; joke; prank
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
as; because; with; due to
economy; economics; finance; (one's) finances; being economical; economy
opposite; opposition; versus; vs.; to (e.g. "winning a game five to three"); equal footing
plan; policy; means; fifth principle of the Eight Principles of Yong; right upward flick
committee; commission; board; panel; committee meeting
careful; elaborate; scrupulous
insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint
proper; appropriate; due; suitable