fingertip; finger; toe tip; toe
rough (touch, voice, etc.); coarse; gritty; rattling (of beans, beads, etc.)
leaf; blade (of grass); (pine) needle; marijuana; cannabis
to push; to press; to apply pressure from above; to press down; to stamp (i.e. a passport); to apply a seal; to affix (e.g. gold leaf)
to bend; to warp; to yield; to be supple (e.g. bamboo, body); to be flexible; to be pliant
usual; normal; everyday; usually; normally; generally
not quite (right); not very good; somewhat (lacking)
sharp pain; acute pain; intense pain
to spring; to jump up; to fly up; to skip
hornet; yellow jacket; wasp (of subfamily Vespinae); Asian giant hornet (Vespa mandarinia); yak-killer hornet
to pierce; to stab; to sting; to bite; to sew; to stitch; to pole (a boat)
unprepared; careless; imprudent; indiscreet
to correct; to touch up; to smarten up; to put one's hand in (e.g. pocket)
in advance; beforehand; previously
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
self-satisfied look; triumphant look; smug face; shit-eating grin
(tear) to pieces; (rip) apart; with a rattle; with a shudder; feeling an electric shock
penalty; sentence; punishment
... being the case; (precisely) because ...; as might be expected from ...
to squat; to crouch down (completely, generally with face looking through knees)
again; once more; a second time
apathy; lassitude; lethargy; languor
medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic
superficial; half-hearted; shallow
to be helpful; to be useful
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
to read a large number (of); to read widely; to read everything that one can lay one's hands on (usu. of specific type, genre)
maintenance; preservation; improvement
foundation; basis; bedrock; substrate (circuit board)
to put in order; to arrange; to get ready; to prepare; to work out (e.g. business deal); to arrange (e.g. marriage)
food; food products; foodstuffs
securing; obtaining; ensuring; belay; belaying
raft; forearm protector; skewered baby-eel kabayaki
making; forming; cultivating; form; appearance
PET bottle (clear plastic beverage bottle)
rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)
to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)
to amass; to accumulate; to store; to leave unpaid