root; origin; source; Ōmoto (religion)
peak; summit; ridge; back of a blade
wholesale delegation; hundred-percent subcontracting; leaving all the decision-making to somebody else
draining a pond, lake, or ditch (esp. to remove fish, purify water, etc.); cleaning a well
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
legal; lawful; legitimate; law-abiding; in order
one grade; first-class; primary
nominal; in name only; titular
cancellation of a subscription (e.g. mailing list); stopping distribution
next year; next fiscal year
taking a long time; slowness; sluggishness; lack of firmness; looseness; slovenliness
several weeks; a few weeks
authentic; credible; creditworthy; dependable; reliable; sound
to be fit (for a role); to be qualified (for); to be equal (to a task); to be able to fulfill one's duties (as)
supplementary classes or lectures
right in the midst of; right at the height of
reason; cause; circumstances
boorish; inelegant; unpolished; unromantic; tactless
living; being alive; freshness; liveliness; situation in which a group of stones cannot be captured because it contains two or more gaps (in go); stet
mackerel (esp. the chub mackerel, Scomber japonicus); server (in an online game)
fish with a human-looking face
fiction; fabrication; concoction; fictitious; fictional; imaginary
freely; generously; liberally; ungrudgingly; unsparingly
simple substance (e.g. chemical); something standing alone; separate item; solo item
meaning; point (e.g. of a statement); gist; goal; intent; object
deviation; departure; omission
location where spirits and ghosts allegedly often appear; haunted place
to start; to start up; to embark on; to get going; to commence
sample; specimen; pattern; model; example
to step back; to move back; to withdraw (from the presence of a superior); to leave; to resign; to retire
to be superfluous; to be in excess; to be more than enough
tremendous strength; (lit.) strength of a hundred people
first and last (time, chance, etc.); (the) only
reflector board; board reflector; plane reflector; flat; bounce board; reflector (photography)
single lens reflex camera