distortion; stretch; strained interpretation; technicality; casuistry; sophistry
intermediate student; intermediate learner; intermediate practitioner
flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion
hypothesis; supposition; assumption; tentative theory
guess; speculation; supposition
to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with
calm; quiet; gentle; moderate; reasonable; amicable
splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
family structure; family composition; family makeup
perhaps; maybe; perchance; by some chance; by any chance
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
bright place; the light; the open; light of day; public knowledge
travels; pilgrimage; itinerancy
gap; lag; difference; discrepancy; shear (e.g. shear stress)
restoration; repair; mending
trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention
the most; the best; peerless; the greatest; first-rate
alternation; change; relief; relay; shift; substitution (sports, etc.)
(piece of) writing; document; (act of) writing
to pierce; to stab; to sting; to bite; to sew; to stitch; to pole (a boat)
guidance; leadership; instruction; shido (disciplinary action for a minor infringement of the rules of judo)
naughty; mischievous; rascal; naughty kid
to be taught; to learn; to take lessons in
genuine; real; full-scale; full-blown; full-fledged; professional
playing; play (margin between on and off, gap before pressing button or lever has an effect)
link (e.g. in a chain of events); part (of a plan, campaign, activities, etc.); monocyclic
feather; plume; wing; blade (of a fan, propeller, etc.); shuttlecock (in badminton); shuttlecock (in hanetsuki); arrow feathers
to throw into; to toss into
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
index finger; forefinger; second toe
middle finger; long finger; second finger; middle toe; third toe
to attract; to draw near; to charm; to attract; to have a convulsion