stimulus; impetus; incentive; encouragement; motivation; provocation
to go along; to walk along; to follow
plate; dish; serving; helping; kanji radical 108 (at the bottom)
shape; appearance; collateral; obverse of an old "zeni" coin
degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.); counter for occurrences; strength (of glasses); glasses prescription; alcohol content (percentage); alcohol by volume; extent
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
to gulp down (a drink); to slurp
prop; stay; support; brace; fulcrum
in all; in total; collectively; in addition; besides; at the same time
cease-fire; truce; armistice
up and down, left and right; top and bottom, left and right
to become serious; to take something seriously (joke, teasing); to become irritated or angry (usu. at something trivial); to get worked up
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
to combine; to join; to tie on; to attach with a knot; to bind (e.g. an address)
lifeline; safety rope; safety tether
all; whole; entire; complete (set); in total
hanging in midair; suspended in midair; midair stunt; aerial stunt
scaffold; scaffolding; foothold; footing; foothold (e.g. in business); foundation
successively; one after another
chill; the shivers; shivering fit; cold; coldness; cold air
to blow against; to spray (paint, etc.) (onto a surface)
to shake; to jolt; to shake (e.g. the political world); to disturb; to put off a batter (by varying one's type of pitch)
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
to erase; to delete; to turn off (power); to switch off; to extinguish; to put out
awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained
manner of using one's hands
in the same way as; just like
after having come this far; now that we've come this far
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
to change (with the passage of time); to fade; to wane; to decline
weight; weight (e.g. of someone's words); burden; importance; significance
to garnish; to accompany (as a card does a gift); to add to as support; to prop up; to accompany (as an aid, guide, translator, etc.); (arch.) to mimic
to hold out (e.g. against an attack); to hang on; to withstand; to endure; to last
on a routine basis; regularly; habitually
to rise; to raise up; to straighten up; to sit up; to stand up
time for ...; time to ...; good opportunity to ...; season