duration; continuance; survival; persistence; retention
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
to ask after (someone's health); to visit; to attack; to strike; to meet with misfortune
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
at that time; in those days
together (with); at the same time; in a lump
running about; making every effort; being busily engaged (in something); good offices
vice-chief; vice-director; assistant director; deputy manager
import; importation; introduction; afferent
domestic; domestically-produced; produced within a country
to lie; to cheat; to pretend; to trick; to deceive
to determine (esp. a culprit or underlying cause); to pin down; to ascertain; (arch.) to stab to death
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
absolutely; positively; decidedly
avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)
ringleader; mastermind; leader (of a plot)
polite; courteous; careful; close; overly courteous; overly careful
China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryo system)
trader; dealer; businessperson; fellow trader; people in the same trade
yen (Japanese monetary unit); circle
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
to make a payment via bank deposit transfer; to discard another player's winning tile
fucking; screwing; having sex
to lay the blame on; to put the fault on
to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert
to taste; to savor; to appreciate; to enjoy; to experience; to go through
lover; sweetheart; boyfriend; girlfriend
to be separated; to be apart; to leave; to go away; to leave (a job, etc.); to quit
to hunt for a job; to seek employment
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
because of; owing to; due to