powerful; strong; forceful; reassuring; encouraging
positive; assertive; active; proactive; aggressive
personal feelings; self-interest
to insert; to interrupt; to slip in a word; to harbor (e.g. doubts); to harbour
bum; good-for-nothing; ne'er-do-well
standing by; awaiting an opportunity; being on alert
distance; journey; itinerary; path (e.g. to one's goal); way; process
to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
to incline toward; to slant; to lurch; to go down (sun); to wane; to sink
extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more
fatigue; weariness; exhaustion; tiredness
where; which; anyway; anyhow; sooner or later; eventually
boasting of one's strength
to be exhausted; to be worn out
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
whereabouts; place; location; place where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself
to have a (rough) idea (of what the situation is)
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
nature; natural; spontaneous; naturally; spontaneously
gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; irritating; troublesome; heavy (weather); cloudy
point (of a story, argument, etc.); point (e.g. in stock exchange movement); percentage point; switch; points; point; site
route; course; path; one's future course (e.g. after graduating high school)
to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up
two (long cylindrical things)
vine; bine; bow; temple arm; connections; contacts
to wriggle; to squirm; to crawl like a worm
root (of a plant); stump (of a tree); root (of a problem, etc.); base
transportation expenses; travel expenses; fare (train, taxi, etc.)
rate; ratio; profit; assignment; 10%; unit of ten percent; match
trot; half run; jog; girl in charge of menial tasks in a samurai family
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
to overflow; to brim over; to flood
slight; little; insignificant
to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from); to quail (at)
(cutting) with a single stroke; lopping off (branches, etc.); (cutting hair) short; drastically (slash a budget, etc.); resolutely; ruthlessly (discard, etc.)
interval; distance; suitable time; appropriate opportunity; distance between opponents (kendo)
to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on