one's own strength; one's own efforts; self-salvation
to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor
can't go on like this; can't stand it anymore; can't take it any longer
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
stick; club; cudgel; bludgeon
bat (in baseball, cricket, etc.)
yen (currency of Japan); circle
cloth; fabric; material; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)
UNIQLO (Japanese clothing retailer)
tree; shrub; wood; timber; wooden clappers (signalling the beginning or end of a performance)
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext; excuse; grounds (for)
drainboard; floor grates; duckboard; slatted wood (e.g. used as a base for storing futons inside a cupboard)
elementary school student; primary school student; grade school student
New Year's gift (usu. money given to a child by relatives and visitors)
before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end
gate (for entry, boarding, etc.); gate; logic element
commemorative photograph; souvenir photograph
parent; parents; dealer; banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)
corpse; kanji "corpse" radical
negative (e.g. thinking); negative; negative (electrical polarity)
defeat; loss; failing to live up to (one's name, looks, etc.); discount; loss (on a sale)
at one's feet; underfoot; gait; pace; most recent; current
to slide; to glide; to slip; to skid; to be slippery; to fail (an examination); to lose (a position)
to go to meet (someone); to go to pick up
knowledge; awareness; acceptance; consent; forgiving; pardoning
to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
destruction; disruption; (application) crash
development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape); extraction (of compressed data)
background; scenery; background (of an incident, situation, etc.); circumstances; backing; support (from behind the scenes)
to be infected; to be contagious
fluttering; flapping; (arch.) flickering (light, flame, etc.); frill; piece of thin material
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to whirl (in the wind); to flutter (about); to swirl
direction (of a play, film, etc.); production; organization (of an event); arrangement; staging (for effect)