card (information, filing, etc.); card (greetings, congratulations, etc.); (Western) playing cards; credit card; debit card; match; game
backing; support; backer; shield that protects one's back
trump card; ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon
because of; on account of; regarding; per; apiece
painful; being sorry; feeling sorry
independent; autonomous; voluntary; of one's own initiative
call; summons; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (arch.) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)
one's own strength or effort; (by) oneself
rebound; relapse after a diet; regaining lost weight; return of symptoms after withdrawal of medicine
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
that's true; of course; obviously
to give candid advice; to give harsh but honest advice; to admonish
opposition; rebellion; rebounding; recoiling; rally (e.g. in stock prices); recovery
to come into contact with; to touch (each other); to have a brush with
emotion; feeling; atmosphere; mood; spirit
method of treatment; cure; remedy
thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances
kind; tender-hearted; compassionate
supply; provision; raising; procurement
to keep (a pet or other animal); to have; to own; to raise; to rear; to feed
exceptionally effective; overwhelming effectiveness
tensely; tightly; erectly; intuitively; instinctively; with a burst
middle finger; long finger; second finger; middle toe; third toe
ring finger; third finger; fourth finger (in piano-playing); fourth toe
fox (esp. the red fox, Vulpes vulpes); fox (i.e. a sly person); soba or udon topped with deep-fried tofu; light brown; golden brown
science; learning; scholarship; arts and sciences; academic pursuits
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore somebody's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
forcing; compulsion; coercion; pushing (to do)
listen!; you see; mind you; remember
to telephone; to make a phone call
cancelling (a debt); forgiving (a debt); being even; forgetting (what was said or done); pretending (something never happened)
suffix appended to somebody else's family members
mid-January festival in northern Japan, with snow huts in which children play house; snow hut
tedious; lengthy; overlong; long-winded
to abbreviate; to omit; to take; to capture