preliminary contest; qualifying round; trial; heat; primary
decision of a contest; finals (in sports)
reserve; spare; preparation; preliminaries
staff; stuff; stuffing; filling
sauce; Worcestershire sauce
to be of benefit; to be useful; to be good for you
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
ornament; decorative object; object placed in a tokonoma; figurehead; leader without real power
criticizing; lambasting; pointing out faults; calling for a retake; ordering (somebody) to redo something
having lost face; in a bind
person with a lot of free time on their hands; person of leisure; idler; loafer
after a while; a little while later; shortly afterward
showy; brilliant; gorgeous; florid; gay
like this; in this way; as you see
(a) stop (e.g. in a timber joint, or at the end of a kanji stroke); remaining (e.g. poste-restante); forty-five degree angle
to underrate; to belittle; to look down on; to despise
(arch.) to deceive; (arch.) to fool; (arch.) to lie; to commit adultery
live (esp. concert, show, etc.); live performance; alive
declaration; statement; assertion
implication; hidden meaning; latitude; atmosphere; tone; sentiment
one's field of expertise; one's strong area
physical work; manual labour (labor)
to combine; to join; to tie on; to attach with a knot; to bind (e.g. an address)
entry (event, competition, etc.); applying for entry; registering to participate; entry (blog, database, etc.); post
degree of familiarity; popularity
word of mouth; comments written online (about a product, service, etc.); online reviews
ranking; toplist (e.g. of WWW sites)
to tell (a story); to give an account of (an event, experience, etc.); to relate; to tell of; to show; to indicate
unexpressed; unspoken; implied; implicit
to pretend to be tough; to put on a brave front; to whistle in the dark; to bluff
again (and again); once again; yet again; (there you go) again
slight; thin; on the weak side
sticking (in one place, position, etc.); settling; becoming established (of a custom, system, etc.); taking hold; fixation (photography); fixing
to spread (e.g. a rumor); to circulate; to disseminate