to become dull; to become lifeless; to get bored; to lose interest; to lose value after a peak (e.g. stock); to weaken (of the market)
to throw down; to throw out; to abandon; to resign; to give freely; to give generously
to profit; to get; to have (bear, beget) a child; to have a stroke of luck
sister complex; excessive attachment to one's sister; audio component system; stereo component system
practice; practising; experience
first come, first served; the early bird catches the worm
to be enthusiastic about; to be eager; to be keen
always; constantly; frequently; often; nonstop
doubt; question; uncertainty; skepticism; scepticism; suspicion
questioning; interrogation; examination (of a witness)
the defensive; passive attitude; passivity; the passive; passive voice; ukemi (the art of falling safely)
inquisitively; pryingly; nosily; thoroughly; persistently; through-and-through
thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words
to grow; to spring up; to sprout; to cut (teeth)
shrill; strident; sharp (pain, e.g. headache, earache); ice-cold; very cold
inexperienced; unfamiliar (with); unversed; lacking experience
threat; menace; coercion; terrorism
dramatization (e.g. of a novel); dramatisation; adaptation; dramatization; embellishment; exaggeration
confused; disordered; faltered; incoherent; inconsistent
special; particular; peculiar; unique
particle; postpositional word in Japanese grammar that functions as an auxiliary to a main word
title of honour; title of honor
emphasis; highlight; stress; stressed point
final; eventual; ultimate
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
pushing though; bulldozing; doing something by force; arm twisting
mouthpiece of a telephone
to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up
slim; slender; lithe; smoothly; without resistance; without trouble
to listen carefully; to strain one's ears
useless; futile; unnecessary; needless; not on business; unrelated
Ghanzi (Botswana); Gandhi (Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi)
lariat; slip noose; lasso; lariat (wrestling); clothesline
class (e.g. school); grade; rank; kyū; kyu; junior rank in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.