to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
to face on; to look out on to
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
to steal; to plagiarize; to steal (a technique, idea, etc.); to do stealthily; to do during scant time; to steal a base
in addition; furthermore; above (which); on top of (which)
indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
to overflow; to brim over; to flood
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
some time ago; recently; lately; last (Sunday, etc.); previous
reading while standing (in a bookstore, etc.); browsing (i.e. reading an item but not buying it)
Western-influenced; occidental-looking; exotic; (lit.) smelling of butter
system; lineage; ancestry; group (e.g. of colors) (colours); family (e.g. of languages); close (evolutionary) relationship
beautiful woman; (a) beauty
black and white; monochrome; good and evil; right and wrong; guilt and innocence
reading matter; reading material
yen (Japanese monetary unit); circle
stamp (postage); merchandise certificate
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
easy; simple; informal; offhand; cheap
to apply for; to make an application; to propose (marriage); to offer (mediation); to make an overture (of peace); to challenge
financial institutions; banking facilities
receptionist; reception woman
absentmindedly; dazedly; vaguely
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
to slide into; to slip into
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
scenery; scene; landscape
one part; one portion; one section; one copy (e.g. of a document)
to select; to choose; to diagnose (an illness); to judge; to liken to something else; to regard as something else (e.g. to use another person as a mirror); to see someone off
making use of the surrounding landscape as a part of the design of a garden; natural scenery used as the background in the landscaping of a garden
lucky; nice!; score!; bingo!