space; room; vacancy; opening; free time; time to spare
well-balanced; considerate; of fine character
cooperative body; cooperative system; collective; community
to sew; to stitch; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)
major surgery; major operation
bounce; spring; momentum; impetus; moment; instant
scale (of fish, snake, etc.); serif (on kana or kanji (e.g. in Mincho font))
sticking to (an opinion, theory, belief, etc.); clinging to; adherence; persistence; insistence
choking; suffocating; stifling; oppressive; heavy
bound hand and foot; hedged in (e.g. by restrictions); immobile
fortune; property; life circumstances; finances; one's worth; one's merit
steady; firm; solid; secure
needle (compass, gauge, etc.); hand (clock); indicator; guiding principle; guideline; guide
off the mark; off base; misdirected; irrelevant
one's last moments; hour of death
to smirk; to grin broadly
winners (those who have succeeded socially, economically, etc.)
unthinking; thoughtless; heedless; inconsiderate
to begin to get dark; to begin to set (the Sun)
unthinkable; unimaginable; terrible; awful; (arch.) very
loitering on the way; wayside grass
to detain; to check; to restrain
figure eight; figure of eight; shape of "hachi", the kanji for eight
conceit; hubris; vanity; presumption
more than one can possibly use; countless (e.g. examples); (money) to burn; rolling in (cash)
for oneself; for one's own sake; on one's own account
to swing one's arms greatly while walking; to act freely; to be brazen
judicial decision made with human kindness and warmth in a fair manner
never mind!; don't worry about it
just after a holiday break; the first day after the holidays
veil of darkness; curtain of night
to take down; to bring down; to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time; to wear for the first time
to steam (food, towel, etc.); to be hot and humid; to be sultry
speech; expression; wording; language
to slash back; to strike back; to counterattack; to cut the wheel; to perform a twisting backward knee trip