essence; true nature; substance; reality
amount of experience; experience level; experience point; exp; XP
leveling up; raising the level (of); boosting; improving; improvement; rising to the next level
to gaze at; to fix one's eyes upon
to build; to construct; to erect; to amass (e.g. fortune); to pile up
unknown; unidentified; unspecified
leopardess; female leopard
eagle (Accipitridae family)
way; method; means; resource; course
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
the other day; a few days ago
to smile cheerfully; to crack a smile
to begin talking; to open up
to master (e.g. a skill); to become accustomed to (e.g. a lifestyle); to acquire (e.g. a habit); to retain
advanced student; advanced learner; advanced practitioner; experienced person
draft; rough copy; highly cursive style (of writing Chinese characters); grass style
mammoth (esp. the woolly mammoth, Mammuthus primigenius)
now that you say that; now that you mention it
training; drill; practice; practising; discipline
dry cough; hacking cough; intentional cough (i.e. to get someone's attention)
and yet; even so; nonetheless; for all that
those (near the second person)
delightful; joyous; joyful; happy; desirable; welcome
scrubbing hard; scrubbing clean
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to fail to ...; to miss one's opportunity to ...
scene; setting; scene (in a movie, play); shot; state of the market
to glide; to slide (e.g. on skis); to fail (an examination); to bomb (when telling a joke); to drop; to go down
to become a (bad) habit; to get accustomed to
counter for the ichi-ni-san counting system (usu. directly preceding the item being counted); noun read using its on-yomi; counter for articles; indicates possessive (esp. in place names)
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; catching up; overtaking
diagonally upward; (going in a) completely unexpected direction (of a story, result, etc.)
to trick someone (into confirming or revealing the truth); to ask a leading question
imitative sound (in film, theatre, etc.); sound effect