earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
for (e.g. "she dances well for an eight-year old"); considering it's (something or someone)
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
to invade; to raid; to infringe; to encroach; to harm; to afflict
pressure; stress; pressure (e.g. political); coercion; arm-twisting
backhand blow; backhand chop; backfist (karate)
to bear up in tragedy; to stand pain well; to hold one's temper; to clench one's teeth; to grit one's teeth
to inhale; to breathe in; to suck up; to absorb; to soak up
drawing; painting; picture
shaking; shake; unsettledness; instability; existence of multiple spellings, pronunciations, usages, etc. for a single word
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; (arch.) money
to pass; to overtake; to leave behind; to pull out; to extract; to remove
class (e.g. school); grade; rank; kyū; kyu; junior rank in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.
to forge; to temper; to drill; to train; to discipline
to be hot on a person's heels
diagonally; obliquely; slantingly; slantwise
defense; defence; safeguard; protection
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
rotation (usu. around something); revolution; turning
fricative; fricative consonant
defenseless; defenceless; unprotected; vulnerable
half the body; half length
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
to outwit; to outsmart; to counterplot; to pierce something all the way through
stake all (on something); play for all or nothing; throwing all into a task
jump; plunge; dive; appearing without an appointment; bursting in; arriving unannounced
magnetism; magnetic force
close adhesion; sticking firmly to; relating closely to; having relevance to; contact printing
any kind of; every; whatsoever; whatever
domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)
efficacy; benefit; efficiency; effect; result; success
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
talented; gifted; prodigious; virtuoso; masterful
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to mislead; to misguide
blind spot (on the retina); blind spot; weak point; loophole
to slide into; to slip into
depending on; dependent on
to dance (orig. a hopping dance)
funny; amusing; strange; odd; improper; unsuitable