to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
to say previously unspoken thoughts; to start saying; to court someone
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
fixed number (of people); prescribed number (of regular personnel, students, etc.); quota; capacity (of a bus, boat, theatre, etc.); seating capacity
just one person; only one
chair; stool; post; office; position
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
declining; refusal; nonacceptance; turning down; withdrawal (e.g. of candidacy); pulling out (e.g. of a race)
after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.
change of heart; change of mind; change in love interest
to come to nothing; to be in vain; to lead nowhere
first-class; top grade; characteristic; peculiar; school (e.g. of a performance art); one flag
enterprise; business; company; corporation
home area; home town; local
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
what is called; as it is called; the so-called; so to speak
business that exploits its employees (e.g. through unpaid overtime)
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone
and yet; though; when; in spite of
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
study; research; investigation
being enthusiastic about; being wild about; being absorbed in; being engrossed in; being devoted to
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
idle complaint; grumble; moha (ignorance, folly)
to let (someone) hear; to tell (e.g. a story); to make (someone) listen; to make (someone) understand; to grip (someone) with skilful singing, storytelling, etc.; to hold (someone) enchanted by
participation; taking part in; participating in; being concerned in
shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma
to wake up; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to become enlightened
to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to; to passively leave to someone else's facilities; to leave to take its natural course; to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim); to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done
to recover consciousness; to come to
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
to misjudge; to mistake; to misjudge (someone); to overestimate; to miss seeing; to overlook
condominium (usu. mid or high-rise); apartment building; apartment house; block of flats; apartment; flat
fields (of rice and other crops)
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
Metropolitan Police Department (esp. Tokyo)
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but