strong point; merit; virtue; advantage
defect; demerit; weak point; disadvantage
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
to cheer up; to liven up; to become active; to look better; to improve (in appearance); to stand out
as one wishes; the way one wants; to one's satisfaction
clear; obvious; evident; bright; light
resignation; acceptance; consolation
premature; untimely (e.g. death); early
minor; small; minor (key, scale, etc.); the minor leagues (US baseball)
foreigner (esp. one of European ancestry); gaijin; (arch.) outsider
Japanese person; Japanese people
host (of a party, summit, etc.); host (of male host club)
future; possible; potential; prospective
virginity (of a male); virgin; (Catholic) nun; sister
leaping; activity; leapfrog (over a problem); making a leap (e.g. in logic); making great strides; making rapid progress
sensitive; susceptible; emotional; impressionable; sentimental
easily mixed up (e.g. similar words); easily mistaken; confusingly similar; misleading; equivocal; ambiguous
reciting (to oneself); repeating (e.g. an order, to confirm one heard it correctly)
rolling over; turning over; turning around (the other way); reversal (of direction, course, etc.); producing a positive from a negative (photography); producing a negative from a positive
test of one's strength; test of one's ability
to plan; to intend; to aspire to; to set aims (sights on)
origin; beginning; source; rise
a few years ago; some years back
border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region
young person; inexperienced person; novice
to do together; to share; to participate in
companion; partner; spouse
to that extent; accordingly; that being the case; that state; that condition
presence of other people; (in) public; (in) front of others
to withdraw; to leave; to retire; to back down; to give up
cool-headed; level-headed; hard-headed
incomplete combustion; imperfect combustion; being off one's game; not doing one's best; being unable to use all of one's strength
extended game; overtime; extra time; extra innings
with energy (of parties and such); enthusiastically; going all out
to jump up; to spring up; to jump (market, price, etc.); to rise sharply; to act rashly; to jump the gun
secret intention; ulterior motive; kanji "heart" radical at bottom
calmness; composure; coolness; serenity; presence of mind
overthrow; defeat; bringing down; knockdown
hard struggle; strenuous effort
above ground; on the ground; earth's surface; this world; this earth
to burn completely; to consume (by fire); to burn to nothing; to burn to the ground; to reduce to ashes