to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
gaining total control (of people or counties); suppression; oppression; control; mastery; ascendancy
all people; everybody; ten thousand people
throwing in; inserting; investment; commitment (of funds, personnel, etc.); launching (a product into the market); introduction
ninth day of the month; nine days
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
fifth month of the lunar calendar; satsuki azalea (Rhododendron indicum)
eleventh day of the month; eleven days
doing (with resolve); carrying out (e.g. a plan)
fourteenth day of the month; fourteen days
plan; meter; measuring device; (in) total; total (of)
counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun
thirteen; 13; king (playing card)
Boshin War (Japanese civil war between Imperial and shogunate forces; 1868-1869)
ending; quitting; closing; ending before one had time to do something one wanted or intended to
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
I don't know about ... but; it may be possible for ... but
though; notwithstanding; although
to go against; to fight against; to oppose; to resist; to deny
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
extreme foolishness; grave stupidity; big fool; damn idiot; utter fool
(what) one is trying to say; (what) one wants to say; (what) one is saying; (what) one means
antipathy; antagonism; animosity; revulsion; ill feeling
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow
jumping to a hasty conclusion
to have a tendency to; to be liable to; to have a touch of; to have a smack of
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
individual; private person; personal; private
roundabout (e.g. expression); indirect (reference, criticism, etc.); oblique
maximum; to the maximum degree; to the full
words of praise; eulogy; compliment
lineage; stock; descent; strain; blood relationship
to envy; to be envious of; to be jealous of
quiet (place); still; silent; inconspicuously; modestly; quietly
unprepared; careless; imprudent; indiscreet