muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
this duty; this task; this job; I (as the person in charge of this task)
sound of something striking repeatedly (e.g. wooden clappers); something small hopping repeatedly; touching lightly and repeatedly; punctuation marks such as the dakuten; Chonchon; South American mythical bird
deposit; earnest payment; earnest money
quick on the uptake; quick to catch on; perceptive; intuitive
exorbitant; outrageous; ridiculous; absurd; excessive; inordinate
Son of God; Jesus Christ; child of God; Christian; prodigy; young ace
picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift
century; hundred years; (fig.) a long time
great-great-grandchild; fourth-generation descendant
palm tree (any tree of family Arecaceae)
right away; without delay; as soon as possible; very soon
beneficial; profitable; useful; helpful; instructive
hard fight; difficult struggle
stupidity; silliness; asininity; imbecility; dim-wittedness
very high; high up; aloft; only; merely; just
to replace; to substitute; to shift; to change places
companions; friends; comrades; mates; partners
working overtime; detention; being kept in (e.g. after school)
to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem
foothold; footing; toehold; stepping stone
to insert; to interrupt; to slip in a word; to harbor (e.g. doubts); to harbour
hesitation; indecision; vacillation
to scrutinize; to scrutinise
blood relationship; blood relative
person in charge (including a supervisory role for other staff); person responsible for ...; responsible party; supervisor; manager
or; otherwise; furthermore; also; (arch.) perhaps; (arch.) by some chance; (arch.) that being said
to stop walking; to pause
condition; state (of health); appearance
tanka; 31-mora Japanese poem
teacher (esp. in Buddhism)
to compare and contrast two alternatives; to weigh the relative merits of A and B; to weigh one's options; to try to have it both ways; to try to sit on two stools
to get strong; to gain strength
occupation (e.g. of territory); exclusive possession
to let go by; to let pass; to overlook; to miss
to run off (fluid); to run down; to flow down