to be sluggish; to make little progress; to show little growth; to fail to improve; to level off; to not grow as much as expected
promising stock; stock with potential; hopeful stock; promising person; person with good prospects
exceptional; praiseworthy; laudable
measurement round the hips
end; close; finish; termination
passage (of people or vehicles); passing (through); traffic; common usage; widespread use
scenery; scene; landscape
discernment; penetration; keen insight; your discernment; your insight; your conjecture
cylindrical; having no waist; undefined (waist); cylinder vase; stockpot
(mountain) pass; highest point on a mountain road; ridge; peak (e.g. of summer); worst (e.g. of an illness); crisis
recklessly driven car; runaway vehicle
down-train; train heading toward the ending point of its route; down-slope; downward going; downbound (esp. away from Tokyo); downstream
to remember; to recollect; to recognize; to recognise
clean sweep; purging; doing away with; eradication
disaster; accident; calamity; catastrophe
having bad breath; having halitosis
clear as day; plain as day; patently obvious; (lit.) clearer than watching a fire
and also; and on top of that; so (I take it that ...); then ...; (arch.) in that case; (arch.) if so
estrangement; alienation; disaffection; (customer) churn; attrition
light and easy; lambent; clever; witty; smart
handling (e.g. knife, reins); control; dealing with (e.g. customers); management; sabaki; properly treating one's weak stones under attack
cannot do a thing; feeling handcuffed; being at the end of one's tether; being at one's wit's end
being a poor loser; unwillingness to admit defeat; sour grapes
hoarse voice; husky voice
hopelessly inaccurate; not even remotely close; can't hit the side of a barn
aperture; bore; calibre; caliber
consideration; thoughtfulness; sympathy; compassion; feeling; kindness
small mercy (from some misfortune); silver lining of a dark cloud; consolation in sadness; blessing in disguise
tournament; knockout tournament (esp. single-elimination); elimination tournament
utterly (unknown; esp. of someone's whereabouts); completely; (no information) whatsoever; at all
postscript; PS; P.S.; pipe shaft (in a building); riser shaft
to rummage through; to ransack (e.g. a drawer); to throw into confusion; to disrupt; to upset
to disappear; to vanish; to abscond; to decamp
sumo (wrestling); sumo wrestler; rikishi
prop; strut; becoming taut; tightness; thrust; slapping attacks