technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
challenge; defiance; dare; attempt; try
gotcha; alrighty; got it; OK
dot; spot; mark (in an exam, etc.); grade; point (in a game); score; point (in geometry)
(swimming) pool; pool (billiards); pool (together)
nail; spike; tack; rivet; brad; (pachinko) pin
insistence; (major) emphasis; stress
one's frame of mind; way one looks at things
very much; intensely; overwhelmingly; excessively; irresistibly; without any obvious reason
to spur on; to urge forward; to impel; to drive at high speed (e.g. a car)
senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
it's been a long time; long time no see
to call (someone) back; to recall; to call home; to bring back (memories, etc.); to recall; to revive
junior (at work, school, etc.); younger people; younger student
community-based health care; community medicine
Shikoku (smallest of the four main islands of Japan)
island; one's territory (e.g. of a sex worker, organized crime gang); one's turf
had better ...; had better not ...
jamming a finger; stubbing a toe; spraining a finger (toe)
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
source (of a river); fountainhead; source; origin; root
poor doctor; inept doctor; quack
to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind
average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
to help; to assist; to aid; to contribute to; to be a factor in
plate; dish; serving; helping; kanji radical 108 (at the bottom)
to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)
to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)
goddamn idiot; moron; nitwit