confirmation; verification; validation; review; check; affirmation
hello (e.g. on phone); excuse me! (when calling out to someone)
assumption (of office); taking up (a post); inauguration; installation
recognition; acknowledgement; acknowledgment; approval; consent; agreement
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
leader of a charge; first to arrive
spike (on a shoe or tyre); stud; spiked shoes; spikes; injuring (an opposing player) with the spikes on one's shoes; spiking
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
at regular intervals; evenly spaced
signature move (assoc. with a martial artist, wrestler, etc.); finishing move
to polish up (on); to refine; to hone; to polish (by rubbing)
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
making a round trip; going and returning; round-trip ticket; return ticket; correspondence; exchanging (letters)
heading; header (in soccer); butting (in boxing)
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to show someone (into a room)
accurate; correct; precise; exact
front; frontage; facade; main
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
tune; tone; vein; mood; condition; state of health
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble
to stick through; to force through; to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse; to make a path between two points; to proceed in a logical manner; to let pass
to obey respectfully; to humble oneself; to sit straight (upright, respectfully, attentively)
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
newcomer; initiate; rookie
starting point; origin; origin (of coordinate axes); datum point
fighting with real swords; game played in real earnest
long ago; already; a long time ago
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
to chase; to run after; to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.); to drive out; to get rid of; to drive (e.g. a herd)
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
it is, isn't it?; I know, right?; innit?
expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately
to be exhausted; to be worn out
desperately; for one's dear life
beginning; outset; first; onset
to be disgusted; to be repulsed; to get the creeps
to draw or pull something towards oneself (e.g. chair)
strength; power; proficiency; ability
one long cylindrical thing; one film, TV show, etc.; one version; one book; a certain book; ippon; one point
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
to intrude; to butt in; to meddle; to be forward; to be self-assertive; to show off
forward; forwarding (email); forwards; forward contract
enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten