test; trial; probation; ordeal; tribulation
mind; spirit; attitude; mentality; spirit (of a matter); essence
forging; tempering; drilling; training; disciplining
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
hawks; hardline faction; hardliner
piece; fragment; one (object)
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
dressing room; green room; backstage; behind the scenes; the inside; inside affairs
passage; pathway; roadway; avenue; aisle
evaluation meeting; postmortem session; review meeting
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
wasteful; a waste; too good; more than one deserves; impious; profane
to; traditional unit of volume, approx. 18 litres; square bearing block (at the top of a pillar); Chinese "Dipper" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
sub-; -ous (indicating a low oxidation state); -ite; Asia; Argentina; Arabia; America
to point down; to look down; to get worse; to begin to fall (e.g. of a price)
island; one's territory (e.g. of a sex worker, organized crime gang); one's turf
small peninsula; cape; promontory; headland
the head; the foremost; beginning; the very front
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
feeling; sense; impression
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home
to raise; to lift; to boost; to enhance
in the meanwhile; during the time
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
regular; regular member (e.g. of football team, etc.); regular (petrol, gasoline)
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
nori; laver; edible seaweed, usu. Porphyra yezoensis or P. tenera, usu. dried and pressed into sheets
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with
practice; training; drill; (an) exercise; workout
time appointed for meeting (assembling); time one is supposed to meet
what time; (lit.) which hour
particle indicating that the speaker is trying to recall some information
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays