rule; regulation; settlement; conclusion; habit; custom
performance (as opposed to practice); going before an audience or on-air; game; match; high of the season; height (of summer, etc.)
creation; production; creative work (novel, film, etc.); fabrication; fiction; invention
marks; points; score; number of items; number of articles
addition; adding; supplement
still; even now; to this day
kana; Japanese syllabaries (i.e. hiragana and katakana)
war potential; military strength; fighting power; ability (to compete); capabilities; valuable asset
invitation; solicitation; canvassing; canvasing; inducement; persuasion
leader; leaders; dotted line; reader (textbook); reader (i.e. a person who reads); microreader
consent; approval; acceptance; agreement; compliance
choreography; dance composition; dance coaching
MP; magic point; military police (US, etc.); MP; member of parliament (UK, etc.); MP
to be knotty (of a tree, etc.); to be gnarled; to be rough and bony (hands, fingers, etc.); to be gnarled; to be knobby
sticky; gluey; gummy; stickiness; something sticky
nest; rookery; den; haunt; (spider's) web
besides; moreover; in addition; to make matters worse
emergency food; emergency rations
trembling from fear; trembling all over
do-or-die resistance; resistance to the bitter end
completely; thoroughly; decisively; unsparingly; beyond recognition; until there's no untouched (undamaged) part
above ground; on the ground; earth's surface; this world; this earth
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
five (long cylindrical things)
hook; hook bracket (Japanese quotation mark)
to tear up; to tear off; to rip up; to (forcibly) separate (a couple, family, etc.); to force apart; to tear apart
dry and rough; desiccated; rustling
pillar; post; support; prop; counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.
(place of) refuge; escape; exit; way out; shelter; hiding place
to stick (to); to cling (to); to adhere (to); to stay (in a place); to stick close (to someone); to follow (someone) around
eye; eyeball; (arch.) pupil and (dark) iris of the eye; (arch.) insight; (arch.) perceptivity; (arch.) look
appraisal; estimation; evaluation; setting prices
restless; fidgety; lively; busy
video camera; video camcorder
regret; repentance; remorse
to solicit; to demand; to extort
dancing; dance; iteration mark (used to represent repetition of the previous character); Bon Festival dance; Lantern Festival dance; eating live seafood (e.g. squid, ice gobies) while it is still moving; soft spot (in the skull of an infant)