word; term; language; speech
putting together (e.g. opinions); gathering; collecting; aggregating; summarizing; integrating
agglutination; adhesion; fusion; combination; blending; uniting
original; unique; distinctive; independent; one's own; personal
to think up; to think out; to knit (a pattern into a sweater, etc.); to start knitting
mastery; learning through experience; realization; realisation; comprehension
one-by-one; separately; in detail
simple honesty; tactless frankness
to polish up; to shine up
heroic; fierce; grand; sublime; magnificent
severe; harsh; hard; cruel; rigorous
tempering (metal); annealing; forging; toughening; disciplining; training
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
in full bloom; in full glory; glorious; luxuriant; splendid
extremely fast; in a flash; too quick for the eye to catch
two reams (of paper); 1000 sheets (of paper); stanza; verse; tribe (in taxonomy); forecast (bet); bet which predicts the top 2 finishers (i.e. quinella or perfecta bet)
eight-headed, eight-tailed serpent (in Japanese mythology)
great speed; extreme speed; swiftness
the ten precepts; Ten Commandments; Decalogue
(execution by) decapitation
evil; wickedness; (role of) the villain (in theatre, etc.); the bad guy
to grow wild; to run to waste; to become rough (of art, craft, etc.); to lose refinement; to intensify (of wind, rain, etc.); to become more severe
commander; general; leader
bringing certain death; deadly; knockout (blow)
horrible; cruel; atrocious
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
rumbling; (ringing) cadence
virgin (usu. female); maiden; virgin (e.g. forest); unspoiled by human activity; debut; maiden (e.g. voyage)
stake; post; pile; (arch.) stump
striking on the side; side blow; slanting (rain, snow, etc.); driving
visual confirmation; sighting
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
absolutely; definitely; unconditionally
wonder; admiration; being struck with admiration
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
first floor; ground floor; one floor; one storey; one rank
to dream (i.e. while asleep); to have a dream; to dream (of the future); to have a fleeting experience