strength; power; proficiency; ability
to invest in; to sink money into; to put into; to lay out (funds); to inject; to impregnate
work; workmanship; craftsmanship; artifice; trick; device
to switch (secretly); to substitute; to replace; to sidestep (an issue)
expectation; anticipation; purpose; intention; others' opinions of one; speculation
trick; plot device; mystery-fiction trope
fragment; broken piece; chip; ounce (of truth, conscience, etc.); trace; shred
minuscule amount; extremely small quantity
flat-iron; soldering iron; crimper; curling tongs; trowel
via; through; by doing; by means of; using
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about
arranged; taken care of; settled; completed; finished
part-time employer; place where one works part-time
to separate; to part; to divide; to keep apart
saying all one has to say (usu. negative, e.g. complaints, insults, etc.)
unfortunately; regrettably
(practical) experience; personal experience; hands-on experience; first-hand experience
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
popular person; favorite; favourite
insult; affront; slight; contempt (e.g. of court)
to be opposite; to face each other; to confront (an issue); to face
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
(nth) power; counter for vehicles; multiplication; Buddha's teachings
opening and shutting; opening and closing
what the?; what's going on?; what's this?
to have a family (e.g. wife or husband and children); to raise a family
pitch-dark; pitch-black; completely dark; very bleak (future); utterly hopeless
there is nothing; having nothing
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
after a long time; for the first time in a while
life; living; I; me; student
to do over again; to redo; to start over; to remake; to resume; to recommence
these days; nowadays; today; at this time (of day); at this hour
feeling; sensation; tentative; rough; interjection
turning around; spinning around; curling up; round and charming (e.g. eyes)
serious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)
police identification card
as it is; plain (truth); bare; undisguised; unvarnished; unexaggerated
uncle; old man; mister; manybar goatfish (Parupeneus multifasciatus)