breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting; overcoming; exceeding; passing
little less than; slightly fewer than; just under; weakness; the weak
by choice; of one's own free will; on one's own initiative; off one's own bat
to hit (a person); to strike; to beat; to deliver (a speech); to give (an address)
particular; hard to please; fussy
reading partway; leaving half-read
monthly publication; monthly issue
favourite book; favorite book
careful reading; reading thoroughly; perusal
core; core; hardcore; all-out
charming; fascinating; enchanting; bewitching; beguiling; captivating
properly; accurately; exactly; neatly; tidily; orderly
to become thin; to lose weight; to reduce (one's) weight; to be barren; to be infertile; to be sterile
interruption; suspension; break
to find fault with other people rather than oneself; (for the pot) to call the kettle black
reading while standing (in a bookstore, etc.); browsing (i.e. reading an item but not buying it)
committee; commission; board; panel; committee meeting
written request; written demand
to assort; to classify; to journalize (in accounting); to journalise
Mount Fuji; Mt. Fuji; Fujiyama; Fuji-san
priority; order of precedence
to be unreasonable; to whine; to act like a baby
smooth words make smooth ways; it's not what you say, it's how you say it
to handle well; to handle deftly; to deal with; to manage; to prepare (meat or fish) for cooking; to dress (meat, etc.)
roughly; approximately; round about; cursorily; briefly; quickly
so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here
duplication; repetition; overlapping; redundancy; restoration
memory; ability to remember
to work out; to think out; to devise; to invent
type of household amulet or talisman, issued by a Shinto shrine, hung in the house for protection
garbage can; rubbish bin; trash can; dustbin
elevation; height above sea level
first Sanskrit alphabet letter; Africa; Awa (old province of Japan); (arch.) prefixed to names to show intimacy
condensed milk; Soviet Union
to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten
in good health; alive and well; going strong
human-wave tactics; throwing people at a problem
seizure; attachment; foreclosure
to walk noisily; to walk loudly