(real) ability; true strength; merit; arms; force
advance warning; previous notice; announcement; herald; harbinger; forerunner
schoolyard; playground; school grounds; campus
along; parallel to; in accordance with
motionlessly (e.g. stand, wait); (be) still; fixedly (e.g. gaze, stare); intently (e.g. listen, think); patiently (endure); stoically
scratch; chip; flaw; fault; shame; disgrace
huqin (any Chinese string instrument played with a bow); (arch.) biwa (4 or 5-stringed Oriental lute)
baseball club (at a university, corporation, etc.); baseball team
night lighting; nighttime illumination
to be ready; to be prepared; to be in order; to be put in order; to be adjusted; to be regulated
beyond this point; from now on; after this
performance; take; game; season; penetrative vaginal sex (with a prostitute); unsimulated sex (in an adult movie)
which reminds me ...; come to think of it ...; now that you mention it ...; on that subject ...; so, if you say ...
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity
ball; ball (pitch that falls outside of the strike zone); bowl; board (cardboard, pasteboard, etc.)
bat (in baseball, cricket, etc.)
glove (esp. sports); globe
such ... as; or some such
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
to chase about; to hang on; to drive hard
older brother; elder brother
way of saying (something); way of putting it; wording; phrasing; language; expression
railway switchback; twisting backward knee trip
to turn one's head; to look over one's shoulder; to turn around; to think back (on); to reminisce; to look back (on)
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
to dart one's eyes about; to be surprised; to be bewildered; to be confused; to be flustered
excessive self-consciousness; excessively self-conscious person
cool; stylish; good-looking; fashionable; sexy
suffix appended to somebody else's family members
audience (with a person of high standing); eye-level
for better or worse; luckily or unluckily
what?!; what did you say?!; why?; what for?; anyone; anything
alley; alleyway; teahouse garden; path through a gate (or through a garden, etc.)
tottering; staggering; faltering; reeling
walking; pace; step; course (of history, one's life, etc.); history; pitch (of a screw, etc.)
shadow; silhouette; reflection; image; ominous sign; light (stars, moon)
awfully; frightfully; desperately; violently; unduly; extremely
to get tired; to tire; to become worn out (of a well-used object); (arch.) to starve
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
clothes (that one is wearing); wearing clothes