elevation; rise; improvement; advancement; progress
to pull out; to take out; to lead out (e.g. a horse from a stable); to summon (e.g. to court); to withdraw (money); to draw
training (for a skill, job, sport, etc.); practice; working out; workout; (strength, weight) training
physical strength; muscle strength
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
swelling; enlargement; becoming fat; hypertrophy
item; heading; category; headword (in a dictionary, encyclopedia, etc.); entry
to reach out one's hand; to extend one's arm; to get involved in; to embark on; to start a fight; to get physical with
machinery and materials; equipment; materials for manufacturing machinery
symbol used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words could be used in that position, or because of censorship); certain; unnamed; undisclosed
push-up (exercise); press-up
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
straight face; composed expression; nonchalant look
to rub in; to smear on; to spread on; to lay the blame on
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
practice; training; drill; (an) exercise; workout
menu; schedule; program; menu
poor health; ill health; unhealthy
rice cake with bean paste wrapped in a pickled cherry leaf
just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment
speed; velocity; pace; velocity
to jump; to leap; to splash (of oil, mud, etc.); to spatter; to burst; to crack open
source (of a river); fountainhead; source; origin; root
dainty; delicate; slender; fragile (e.g. furniture); delicate; frail
superman; superwoman; Ubermensch (Nietzsche's ideal man of the future); overman
in the style of (esp. literary, artistic, etc. works); reminiscent of; attached or stretched on
activity (esp. energetic or successful); great efforts; active participation; walking about with great vigor
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
strength training; resistance training; muscle-building
unnecessary; not needed; not necessary
average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
performance (e.g. music, dance, drama); something done (just) for show; theatre; performance (of a computer, car, investment, etc.)
to forge; to temper; to drill; to train; to discipline
hoping against hope; desperately hoping; as a last hope