many a little makes a mickle; every little helps; (lit.) even dust becomes a mountain if piled together
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)
one day; all day (long); throughout the day; first day of the month
drop of water; vessel for replenishing inkstone water
piece; fragment; one (object)
dissatisfaction; discontent; displeasure; complaint; unhappiness
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
day of month; counter for days
glass (drinking vessel); tumbler; cups (playing card suit)
maximum permissible level or dosage
amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
one day; (on) a certain day
counter for drops of liquid
in one go; in one gulp; in one breath; immediately; instantly; right away
to overflow; to brim over; to flood
past middle age; nearing old age; near-elderly; age 40
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
network; Internet; net (hair, netball, etc.); net (price, weight, etc.); nett
underground website (often critical or containing unofficial information)
originally; by nature; from the start
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery or detective genre
potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
to backfire; to produce a result opposite to what was expected or intended
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
complete ignorance (usu. in reference to feigning); lack of knowledge
to stick through; to force through; to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse; to make a path between two points; to proceed in a logical manner; to let pass
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
as (for); for; in the capacity of
forever; for good; eternally; as long as one likes; indefinitely; no matter what
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
disposal; throwing away; dealing with (a problem); measure; punishment; penalty
to pin down; to hold down; to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to get a hold of; to obtain
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
to separate; to part; to divide; to keep apart
to smoke; to breathe in; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up