halfway up (down) a mountain; mountainside
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
dance hall; dance floor; landing (stairs); leveling off (e.g. in the economy); period of stagnation
rag; scrap; fault (esp. in a pretense, pretence); defect; run-down; shabby
easy; simple; easygoing; lighthearted; simplistic
catastrophe; cataclysm; collapse (of a relationship); breakup; split (friends, lovers, etc.)
link (e.g. in a chain of events); part (of a plan, campaign, activities, etc.); monocyclic
most part; greater part; majority
to open one's heart; to throw off reserve; to be frank
to hunt out; to flush out; to round up; to impress; to recruit
negligence; neglect; carelessness; procrastination
summer vacation; summer holidays
lying face down; lying on one's face; placing upside down; placing face down
opportunity; chance; folding; fold; small food box (wooden or cardboard); folding in ... (two, three, etc.); counter for folded items
patience; perseverance; persistence; tenacity; energy
mechanism; machinery; trick; dodge; mechanical doll; string puppet
to persuade; to prevail upon; to win a woman's heart; to win over; to talk someone into doing
alternately; by turns; one after the other
since when; from when; how long
sound of typing on a keyboard; having sex
shuttlecock; shuttle service (e.g. bus); shuttle (weaving); space shuttle
to launch; to shoot up; (of waves) to dash; to wash up (ashore); to finish (e.g. a theater run, sumo tournament); to close
rumination; regurgitation; chewing the cud; turning over in one's mind; thinking over something; pondering
assistance; support; subsidy; supplement; auxiliary; subsidiary
useless; futile; unnecessary; needless; not on business; unrelated
promotion (school, military, etc.)
robot; (mere) puppet; pawn; figurehead
marks; points; score; number of items; number of articles
unlawful dumping (e.g. of garbage)
proposition; thesis; notion; problem; issue; challenge
aojiru; vegetable juice drink made from green leafy vegetables
being accomplished in both the literary and military arts; doing well in both school and sports
this and that; this or that; one thing or another; around; about; round about
pair; the two; both persons; both things
dripping with sweat; bathed in perspiration
to get entangled; to get tangled; to have poor control over (one's tongue, feet, etc.); to trip over; to become complicated