a head (e.g. taller or shorter); noticeable difference (in competitors' results)
good old; good old-fashioned
circumference; girth; tour; pilgrimage; circulation (e.g. of blood)
schedule; program; calendar
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
stopping (of a train, car, etc.); stop
finally; at last; at length; barely; narrowly; hardly
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
to sit (down); to have a seat; to be seated; to assume (a position); to take on (a duty); to occupy (a post)
to coagulate; to congeal; to be fanatical (about); to be obsessed (with); to stiffen; to become stiff
stealthily; secretly; in secret
thank you (for your hard work); good work; see you; goodbye; goodnight
door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows
to lend a hand; to give a hand; to help; to extend a helping hand
useless; futile; unnecessary; needless; not on business; unrelated
a step; short distance; short time
to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
(going out and) receiving (someone); (heading out and) meeting; picking up; welcoming
slight movement; slight tremor; quiver
spear; lance; javelin; lance; (arch.) jeering
standing in a row; forming a line; alignment
to hoist the national flag
visit (from someone); call
that's the way it is; such is life
caretaker (at a zoo or aquarium); keeper; attendant; breeding staff
violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement
rhythmical; rhythmic; well-paced
eardrum; tympanic membrane
slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)
to push up; to thrust up; to put pressure on (one's superiors); to pressure; to well up (of an emotion); to surge up
front part; frontage; facade; initial pledge (e.g. election); opening slogan
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
regarding; in; to; towards; with regards to
welcome; (warm) reception
carefree; free from worry
to begin to open; to come out; to smile broadly; to come apart at the seams (clothes)