utensil; implement; tool; instrument; appliance; apparatus
being too late; losing one's final chance
life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation
giving a loud pep talk; encouraging (somebody) strongly in a loud voice
to blossom; to flower; to bloom
next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to
one's own style; self-taught manner
challenge; defiance; dare; attempt; try
bout (in sports, etc.); match; effort; initiative; dealing with
to make a mistake; to be incorrect; to be mistaken
taking on one's share (e.g. of work); dividing (work, expenses, etc.) between; apportionment; allotment; allocation; assignment
very hungry; starving; fawning; bowing and scraping; giving in; being dented
resemblance; similarity; likeness; analogy
dark (color); concentrated; thick
to hold one's breath (in fear, anxiety, etc.)
My goodness!; Good lord!; Holy cow!
to that extent; to that degree; so much; so
elevation (of spirits); raising (of morale); uplift; upsurge
concentration; thickness; density; cardinality
ancient Japanese (as spoken in Japan until the Middle Ages)
assumption; supposition; hypothesis
to make sense; to be meaningful
duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage
ringing; throbbing violently
sanity; consciousness; soberness
affair; state; verdict; sentence; directions; orders
pair; couple; antithesis; counter for items that come in pairs; counter for sets (of clothes, small furniture, utensils, etc.)
to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)
impossibly hard video game
to attack; to assault; to assail
excellent-good-poor; first-second-third (class); (in) three volumes (a literary work)
gradually becoming poor; situation getting gradually worse and worse
offensive (movement); aggression
measuring by feel; adjusting by feel; doing by feel; adapting to the situation (one's strength, strictness, etc.); making allowances; using discretion
skillful; adroit; craft; craftsmanship; plot; scheme
junction; crossroads; division point; parting of ways