foreign matter; impurities
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role
to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem
simply; merely; only; solely
skillful; skilled; proficient; flattery
to dance (orig. a hopping dance)
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
imagination; supposition; guess
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
double; twice (as much); times (as much); -fold; 1-nth; 1 to n
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
cowardly; craven; unfair; mean; sneaky
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
acquisition (esp. corporate); buy-out; takeover; bribery; buying off; corruption
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)
just now; a moment ago; this very minute
totalization; totalisation; aggregation; tally (e.g. of votes); adding up; summing up
publication of results; announcement of results
raw; uncooked; natural; as it is; unprotected (sex); live (i.e. not recorded); inexperienced
result; consequence; coming to fruition; bearing fruit; as a result; consequently
dot; spot; mark (in an exam, etc.); grade; point (in a game); score; point (in geometry)
difference; variation; difference
overwhelming victory; crushing victory; sweeping victory; landslide victory
to look down on (someone); to make fun of; to put down; to treat with contempt; to underestimate
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
alone; by oneself; on one's own
passing (a test, examination, etc.); pass (for admission, transport, etc.); ticket; pass (of a ball); (giving something a) pass; skipping (one's turn)
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)