increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
suffix for familiar person
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
myself; yourself; I; me; you
to take back; to regain; to get back; to recover
supremacy (over a nation); hegemony; domination; championship; victory
mouth; opening; hole; mouth (of a bottle); spout; gate; door
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
by all means; no matter what; at any rate
storey; story; stairs; stage (in chronostratigraphy); counter for storeys and floors of a building
suits for gentlemen; menswear
selling area; counter; section; favorable time to sell; good time to sell
employee (of a store); shop assistant; clerk; salesperson
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
to be solved; to be resolved; to loosen; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. a ban)
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
culture; civilization; civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)
sense of values; values; value system
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
in conflict; incompatible; out of harmony; running counter; mutually exclusive; clashing with
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
understanding; comprehension; appreciation; sympathy
to spend time (on doing something)
around the world; throughout the world
long ago; already; a long time ago
dispute; strife; quarrel; dissension; conflict; rivalry
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
well then ...; in that situation; in which case
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
blue; azure; green; green light (traffic); black (horse coat color); blue 5-point card; immature
-smell; stinking of; smacking of; hinting of
Japanese mustard spinach (Brassica rapa var. perviridis)
unexpectedly; surprisingly; unexpected; unanticipated; unforeseen
smartly dressed; stylish; someone smartly dressed; to dress up; to be fashionable
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
model; dummy; model (profession); fashion model; model (of a vehicle, machine, etc.); version; model (e.g. mathematical)
check; plaid; checking; monitoring; check (banking); cheque
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long