shooting rate (in ball games, e.g. volleyball, basketball, soccer, etc.); shooting percentage; success rate (esp. business, e.g. sales)
journal; magazine; periodical
money order; draft; exchange (e.g. foreign)
lidded plastic container; Tupperware
chief; main; principal; main secondary or supporting role (in kyogen)
hesitantly; timidly; diffidently
jumping ability; jumping power
north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind
novice; greenhorn; squirt; worthless person
to begin to strike; to kick out; to forcefully expel; to hammer (pattern, etc.) into metal
one turn; one round; (a) size; to go around; to make a circuit; twelve years
to survive; to continue living; to escape death
central pillar (of a building); mainstay (e.g. of an economy); backbone (e.g. of a family); provider
to get on well (with a person); (lit.) to be a good match with one's horse (e.g. of a rider)
to gain on; to put pressure on; to close in on
neighborhood association; neighbourhood association
phi; diameter (units assumed, esp. mm)
intolerable; unbearable; tremendous; out of this world; cannot help (doing); cannot but do
to fret (over); to brood (about); to mope; worriedly; (fretting) constantly; (worrying) over this and that
don't worry about it; never mind; that's OK
tokonoma (alcove where art or flowers are displayed)
in a day; in a brief space of time
regular; regular member (e.g. of football team, etc.); regular (petrol, gasoline)
(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount
first-aid; emergency (aid)
exhausted; tired; withered; worn out; boiling until shapeless or mushy; tediously
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
leaving somebody behind; abandoning someone; marooning someone
deputy head teacher; vice principal
in name only; titular; nominal
unskilled; clumsy; lousy; poor; awkward; shitty
intensely; severely; strictly; tightly; compactly; closely
to be blurred (due to motion; of a photo, video, etc.); to be shaken (of a camera); to waver (in one's beliefs, policy, etc.); to shift (position); to be slightly off
relationship of mutual trust; fiduciary relation
palm (of one's hand); skill; (in one's) grip; (under one's) control; one's (concealed) intentions; one's cards