tension; mental strain; nervousness
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
screw; key (of a clock, watch, etc.); spring (of a clock, watch, etc.)
loose; lenient; lax; gentle (curve, slope, etc.); slow; weak; soft
the same; the said; likewise
work (e.g. of art); production; harvest; cultivation; technique
examination hall; examination room; laboratory; experimental station; testing ground
end; final; end of life; death; never; not at all
child (esp. a boy); viscount; founder of a school of thought (esp. Confucius); master; masters and philosophers (categorization of Chinese classical literature); (arch.) you; -er (i.e. man who spends all his time doing...)
individual; one by one; separate; each
training range; training grounds; training area
fashion; trend; vogue; prevalence (of a disease); epidemic
to come and see (someone, something); to visit
apart from that; other than that; leaving that aside; more importantly; more ... than that; but
trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)
credit; money owed on an account; bill; hot noodles in broth; proportion (of wholesale price, as tenths of list price); in the midst of; rest
tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well
rag; scrap; fault (esp. in a pretense, pretence); defect; run-down; shabby
anyhow; in any case; at any rate; at best; at most
last (on the list); (at the) bottom; (in) last position; tailender
fault; defect; minor; 5-point card
ladder; stairs; going to several places in succession (e.g. barhopping)
algae; waterweed; seaweed; duckweed
hateful; abominable; poor-looking; amazing; fantastic; admirable
clean sweep; purging; doing away with; eradication
before one's very eyes; under one's nose; imminence; close at hand
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
double; twice (as much); times (as much); -fold; 1-nth; 1 to n
imperial lands; lands blessed by the emperor's reign
for work; for manufacturing
actual spot; scene (of a crime, accident, etc.); (on) site; (on) the ground; filming location; (movie) set
rather; sooner; preferably
from here; from this place
flying; leaping; zero; naught; flying fish (esp. the Japanese flying fish, Cypselurus agoo); running out of points (zero or fewer)
surplus-; excess-; over-; per- (chemical with more of a certain element than found in other compounds of the same constituents)
isolation; cut off; blockade; quarantine; interception; deprivation
circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle
looking; viewing; (please) try (to)
demonstration; protest; (giving a) demo; demonstration; presentation