to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve; to transfer (phone call)
good performance; good work; great success
appraisal; estimation; evaluation; setting prices
manly; masculine; like a man
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
quarrel; brawl; fight; squabble; scuffle; argument
positive; assertive; active; proactive; aggressive
lead; leading; leading (in points, goals, etc.); getting ahead; lead (from a base); lead (of an article); lede
to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; lower radical of a kanji; means of transportation
to pull around; to drag around; to take around; to show around
junior high school student; middle school pupil
consideration; concern; fear; worry; solicitude
shoe; shoes; boots; footwear; footgear
to put on (lower-body clothing, e.g. pants, skirt, footwear); to wear; to affix (a sword to one's hip); (arch.) to affix (a bowstring to a bow)
something or other; one thing or another; this or that
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
root (of a plant); root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.); root (of all evil, etc.); source; one's true nature
the whole world; the whole country; society; the public; supremacy over a nation; government of a country; having one's own way
steepness; steep place; harsh (look); sharp (tongue)
unnecessary; not needed; not necessary
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
famous piece of music; excellent song; (musical) masterpiece
Japanese league; ri; neighbourhood (under the ritsuryō system; orig. of 50 homes); unit of area (approx. 654 m by 654 m)
lesson; class; teaching; instruction; classwork; schoolwork
to take lessons in; to be taught; to learn (from a teacher); to study (under a teacher); to get training in
way of eating; how to eat
unique; original; individual; unusual
childish; childlike; immature; infantile; puerile
in public; in company; in the presence of others
cool; calm; composed; all right; fine; OK
nail (e.g. fingernail, toenail); claw; plectrum; pick; hook; clasp
gesture; movement; action; acting; performance
no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it