flapping sound (of wings); fluttering; hum (of insects); whizz (of a flying arrow); whoosh
Plekhanov; Plekhanov, Georgi (1856-1918; Russian revolutionary)
reading aloud; reading (a kanji) by its Chinese-derived pronunciation
explanation; commentary; exposition; elucidation
script; screenplay; scenario
thesis; essay; treatise; paper; article
eager; earnest; strenuous; fervent; assiduous; with utmost effort
record; document; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); setting (a record); recording (a record high, etc.)
lead; leading; leading (in points, goals, etc.); getting ahead; lead (from a base); lead (of an article); lede
then; in that case; considering; if that is the case; if so
wish; desire; hope; prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes
word for word; verbatim; literally
(hand-to-hand) fight; grapple; scuffle; struggling (with a problem, task, etc.); grappling; wrestling
lameness; cripple; mismatched pair (of shoes, etc.)
according to; due to; by (means of); because of; via; on the basis of
(common) use (of a language, currency, etc.); current use; to be accepted (e.g. of a way of thinking); to work (of an excuse, trick, etc.); going in and out; entrance and exit
to be inferior to; to be less good at; to fall behind
displeasure; discomfort; unpleasantness; indisposition; ailment
colloquialism; colloquial language; slang
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
solid; robust; tight; taut; shrewd; calculating
pleasant (of a sensation); comfortable; cheerful; happy; smooth (of function); working well
far from; anything but; not at all ... but rather ...; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
guess; conjecture; surmise
fairy tale; fairy story; nursery tale
one's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
to be sensible; to be smart; to be tasteful; to be thoughtful; to be tactful; to be sensitive
oh; ah; if there is; as for that; that is
to be affected; to put on airs; to act like (something one isn't); to pretend to be
household head; master; host (e.g. of a tea gathering); husband
reindeer (Rangifer tarandus)
sauce (esp. soy or mirin-based dipping sauce); hanging; something hanging (flap, lappet, etc.); (kendo) loin guard; kanji radical enclosing the top-left corner of a character; woman; -ass
polar regions; the pole; farthest land; ends of the earth
assistant; helper; assistant (to a professor); research assistant
director (of a film, play, etc.)