getting (something); obtaining; scoring (goal, point, etc.)
nine times; twisting around many times
putting money aside; savings; deposit (e.g. in a bank); accumulated surplus of wins; wins in the bank
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
one more time; once more; once again
refrigerator; cold; cool; cold sake
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
side (of the torso); flank; illegitimate child; child born by someone other than one's wife
hole; hole (in golf); (golf) cup; (electron) hole
fall; drop; descent; coming down
dull (e.g. a knife); blunt; thickheaded; obtuse; dull (sound, color, etc.); dim (light)
in some way; somehow or other; somewhere or other
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing
triumphant pose assumed by an athlete
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
closing hours (of a store, restaurant, etc.)
surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency
time; (the) hour; favourable time; opportunity; chance
firefly (Luciola cruciata); lightning bug; glowworm
period of time; time slot; time zone
not worth considering; out of the question
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
to give up all thoughts of; to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to take a momentous decision
by sheer strength; by brute force
hands and feet; limbs; person at one's beck and call; person at hand; reliable worker
to be torn off; to come off
overlooking; turning a blind eye
to be packed (with); to be full (space, schedule, etc.); to be blocked (road, pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to shorten (width, interval, etc.); to shrink (shirt, word form, etc.); to be at a loss
employee (of a store); shop assistant; clerk; salesperson
mincing; chopping finely; short and repeated (movements) (e.g. trembling, stepping quickly); gradual; bit by bit
to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to blackmail; to extort; to shake down
to sieve; to sift; to winnow; to screen (candidates)
plan; scheme; plot; design; project; intention
to fold up; to fold into layers
to call out to; to hail; to address; to appeal
children's (TV) show; children's program
corpse; kanji "corpse" radical