diligent application (to work or study); cultivating one's character by studying hard; mutual encouragement (to improve); working hard together; friendly rivalry
belonging to (a group, organization, etc.); affiliation (with); being attached to; being under the control of; serving (in the military, congress, etc.)
suffix for room numbers; suffix for apartment numbers
counter for thin, flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper, plates, coins); counter for portions of gyōza or soba; counter for ranks; counter for wrestlers of a particular rank; counter for fields or rice paddies; counter for palanquin bearers
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
to hang (something) on (something); to throw on (clothes); to hook; to catch; to cheat; to evade payment; to drink (alcohol)
element; component; factor; element (e.g. in array); member (e.g. data structure)
zero; 0; nought; nothing; zilch
muscle-brain; meathead; hot-blooded idiot; person who charges in before thinking
nevertheless; at any rate; even so; all things considered; be that as it may
presentation (of documents); submission (of an application, report, etc.); production (e.g. of evidence); introduction (e.g. of a bill); filing; turning in
big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)
subtracting points; deducting points; points deducted
to be seen; to be visible; to look; to seem; to come
sense of impending crisis; sense of danger
lack; absence; shortage; deficiency; privation
in drops; dripping; gently (sloping); sluggishly; endlessly; leisurely
typical; representative; archetypal; quintessential; stereotypical; model
academic year; school year; year in school; grade in school
to boast of; to be proud of; to take pride in
faultless; flawless; perfect; impeccable; unimpeachable; beyond reproach
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
to know shame; to have a sense of shame; to be ashamed
attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning
adds light emphasis or insistence to a statement; gives a statement a threatening or condescending tone
without; unacceptable; not alright; (arch.) nonexistent; (arch.) not being (there)
farce; charade; person who serves tea; short and humorous improvised sketch (originating from Edo-era kabuki)
to stop crying; to cry oneself out
all-purpose; utility; universal; all-powerful; almighty; omnipotent
ingredient; (raw) material; unprocessed timber; raw timber; subject matter; topic
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
model; (good) example; exemplar; model handwriting; model drawing; copybook
centre of gravity (center); centroid; barycenter; (one's) balance
stability; steadiness; consistency; stable
trunk (of the body); soma
deterioration; getting worse; worsening; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
concentration (on a task); focusing one's attention; concentration (of population, buildings, power, etc.); centralization; within a collection of works
softly; gently; stealthily; secretly; to leave alone; to leave as it is
to stroke; to caress; to brush gently; to comb (hair); to smooth down
emission; release; radiation; release (of goods, a player from a team, etc.)
slowly; unhurriedly; easily (e.g. in time); well; well (e.g. sleep); comfortably
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic