stillness; silence; hush; calm; serenity
big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
decision; settlement; definition
to supplement; to make up for; to compensate for; to cover (a shortage, loss, etc.); to fill (e.g. a vacancy)
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
program (musical, concert, theatrical, etc.); programme
one mind; wholeheartedness; one's whole heart
cane; walking stick; staff; wand
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
caricature; cartoon; comics
two reams (of paper); 1000 sheets (of paper); stanza; verse; tribe (in taxonomy); forecast (bet); bet which predicts the top 2 finishers (i.e. quinella or perfecta bet)
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
double; twice (as much); times (as much); -fold; 1-nth; 1 to n
behind others; losing out to others
stepping (in place); stamping (up and down); stomping; standstill; stalemate
to jar; to creak; to grate
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
to dust; to remove dust; to slap; to hit (with the palm); to use up money
to put on weight; to gain weight; to grow fat; to get stout
entry (on stage); appearance (on screen); entrance; introduction (into a market)
to put on coquettish airs; to act flirtatiously; to act kittenish
to stick into; to pierce; to run into
(for an object) to be shiny; to be glossy; (for a woman) to be alluring; to look sexy
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
fur; skin; pelt; kanji "fur" radical
to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on
fat; thick; deep (of a voice); thick; daring; shameless
metal rod; metal bar; iron rod; iron club; iron staff with rings on top (traditionally used by night watchmen)
hearth; fireplace; furnace; kiln
free; unrestricted; (with) complete mastery; completely in control
to bend; to crook; to lean; to tilt; to bend (the truth); to distort
complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)
cheers; applause; ovation; acclamation