comprehension; consent; understanding; OK; roger (on two-way radio)
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
to concentrate; to devote; to apply; to strain; to rack
reserve; spare; preparation; preliminaries
taking a quantity (of time, people, etc.); similar to ...; dependent on ...; reliant on ...; while ...; when ...
technique; art; skill; move
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
one's favourite party trick (favorite); one's specialty; No. 18; eighteenth; repertoire of 18 kabuki plays
to backfire; to produce a result opposite to what was expected or intended
barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve
to pop off; to pop out; to fly off; to shoot off; to burst open
to float in the air; to be unfinished; to be unsettled; to be undecided
to content oneself with; to be resigned to (one's fate); to be contented (satisfied) with (one's lot)
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
to come back; to bloom a second time
first match (in a series)
being defeated; being eliminated (from competition)
as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")
retreat; falling back; recession; waning; backspace (key)
300; three hundred; 300 mon; trifling amount; shyster
not covered (by); not subject (to)
handmade; homegrown; hand-crafted; homemade
judging; inspection; examination; investigation; review
to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for
each; (arch.) you (plural)
to be expensive; to be costly
form; method; system; formula
decimal point; radix point
devaluation (e.g. of currency); markdown; write-down; undercutting
paying one's own expenses; going into business for oneself; working independently; person who earns their own living
(the) mainstream; main course (of a river); main stream
traditional Japanese dance
announcement; presentation; demonstration; displaying; showing; introducing
live music or performance
to become stiff (of muscles); to get absorbed in; to develop a passion for; to be elaborate; to be intricate
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking