to rot; to go bad; to decay; to spoil; to fester; to decompose; to turn sour (e.g. milk) ; to corrode; to weather; to crumble ; to become useless; to blunt; to weaken (from lack of practice) ; to become depraved; to be degenerate; to be morally bankrupt; to be corrupt ; to be depressed; to be dispirited; to feel discouraged; to feel down ; to have the audacity to; to be bastard enough to ; to lose a bet ; to be drenched; to become sopping wet
speech; tongue; talk; eloquence ; dialect; brogue; accent ; bento; Japanese box lunch ; petal ; valve ; Oversight Department; division of the daijokan under the ritsuryō system responsible for controlling central and provincial governmental offices
to catch; to capture; to arrest; to seize; to restrain ; to grab; to clutch; to grasp; to seize; to hold on to ; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); to hail (a taxi, waiter, etc.); to hold (someone) back; to detain ; towards (someone); at (someone); in (someone's) face
unthinkable; unexpected; absurd; outrageous; preposterous; terrible ; absolutely not!; far from it!; impossible!; preposterous!; what a thing to say!; no way! ; (it was) no bother at all; not at all; don't mention it
to permit; to allow; to approve; to consent to ; to forgive; to pardon; to excuse; to tolerate ; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to release; to let off ; to acknowledge; to admit ; to trust; to confide in; to let one's guard down ; to give up (points in a game, distance in a race, etc.); to yield
to pierce; to stab; to prick; to stick; to thrust ; to sting; to bite ; to sew; to stitch; to embroider ; to pole (a boat) ; to catch (with a limed pole) ; to put (a runner) out; to pick off
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any; nothing ; and everything else; and all ; (not) at all; (not) in the least; (not) especially; (not) to that extent