socks; sock; stockings; stocking
suspicious-looking; shady; questionable; dubious; fishy
performer; entertainer; celebrity
to ask a question; to begin to ask a question
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
contrived; false-sounding
profound; deep; deep (of a cave, etc.); innermost; interior
step; stride; counter for steps
to beg; to pester; to plead; to coax; to hound; to importune
cosplay (dressing in costume, esp. as a manga character, etc.)
grasshopper; locust (of superfamily Acridoidea)
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
extra-sensory perception; ESP; psi; psychokinesis; PK
magic (illusion); conjuring; magic trick; conjuring trick; sleight of hand
active duty; active service; student taking (university) entrance exams while still enrolled in school; student who passed their university entrance exams on the first try
to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem
to straddle; to sit astride; to mount; to extend over; to spread over; to span
program (e.g. TV); programme
speaking by proxy; speaking for (someone else); payment by proxy; compensation by proxy; acting for (someone else); carrying out (on someone's behalf)
magic; Magic Marker; felt-tip pen; magic number
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
competing in earnest (esp. in sumo)
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
training (animals); breaking (animals)
throw; throwing; throwing event
art; technique; means; way; trick; trap
network; Internet; net (hair, netball, etc.); net (price, weight, etc.); nett
first-class; top grade; characteristic; peculiar; school (e.g. of a performance art); one flag