to be closed; to be blocked; to be clogged; to be plugged up; to be occupied; to be taken (e.g. accommodation)
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
replacement; substitution; change; shunting (rail); switching
end; close; finish; end of play (in go)
influential; prominent; strong; likely; plausible
clue; lead; key; handhold; hold
someone (something) not to be trifled with
summer vacation; summer holiday
windless; calm; quiet (state of affairs); peaceful; stable
new work; new production; new composition; new creation; new title
to lay in stock; to replenish stock; to procure; to learn; to find out; to take in
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
serious; not joking; straight
very; extremely; excessively
to have an accident (esp. traffic accident); to cause an accident
employee (of a store); shop assistant; clerk; salesperson
materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis
to grow senile; to be childish with age; to be mentally slow; to be befuddled; to play stupid; to say something stupid (oft. on purpose; esp. as part of a comedic routine)
first game; first round (of tennis, etc.)
decisive defeat; rout; thrashing; losing big
to be useful; to be helpful; to serve the purpose
ignominious defeat; crushing failure; utterly beaten; overwhelming defeat
to be possessed by a god; to not act like oneself; to behave oddly; to be awesome; to be extreme
running continuously; firing in rapid succession
valuation; appraisal; evaluation; appreciation; recognition; acknowledgement
to write down; to note; to jot down; to remember
performing a part in one's own play; playing a musical piece that one has written; doing everything by oneself (from preparation to execution); put-up job; charade; sock-puppeting (i.e. pretending to be more than one person on the Internet)
though imperfect; somehow; somehow or other
your instructions or suggestions
teacher; master; religious leader; specialist; (arch.) five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou-dynasty Chinese army)
to contract; to undertake; to take over; to take responsibility for
restriction; restraint; binding; constraint
innocence; guiltlessness; absence of the fact; insubstantiality; (arch.) insincerity; (arch.) dishonesty
corpse; kanji "corpse" radical
to wager; to bet; to risk; to stake; to gamble
being enthusiastic about; being wild about; being absorbed in; being engrossed in; being devoted to