screw; key (of a clock, watch, etc.); spring (of a clock, watch, etc.)
way to use something; treatment; management (of help)
peculiarity; uniqueness; characteristic
engine; agency; organisation; system; facility
work; workmanship; craftsmanship; artifice; trick; device
roll (e.g. of cloth); winding (e.g. watch); volume (of book); speeding up; heel (of a Japanese sandal)
compact; compact (cosmetics); portable powder case
to find resolution; to be settled; to be collected; to be assembled; to be well arranged; to be in order
study group; study meeting
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
surrender; submission; capitulation; being defeated (e.g. by a problem); giving up; giving in
crown (of head); summit (of mountain); easy win for one; something received
to spring at; to leap upon; to swoop down on; to throw oneself upon (e.g. an enemy)
rotation (usu. around something); revolution; turning
change; alteration; difference; distinction; something wrong; abnormality
to get up (e.g. from bed); to make one's way in the world; to achieve in life
to hit (e.g. one's head); to strike; to throw (e.g. a ball, a question, a demand); to express; to vent (e.g. one's anger)
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
basics; fundamentals; basis; foundation
to lose sight of; to miss
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
elementary; basic; rudimentary
future years; in (one's) later years
utensil; implement; tool; instrument; appliance; apparatus
achievement; performance; results; work; contribution
leading actor; star; leading figure; central figure; key figure
generally; mainly; nearly all; almost all; gist; summary; staying within bounds
laboratory testing bench; laboratory table; subject of an experiment; (human) guinea pig
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance
bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae); middle (of a three-tier ranking system)
striding; swaggering; strutting; lording it over others; acting as though one owns the place; throwing one's weight around
from the beginning; without hesitation; flatly (e.g. refusing); entirely; completely
part of the feet from the ankles to the tips of the toes
but; however; provided that
(physical) appearance (of a person); one's face and figure