number of words a person speaks; number of dependents; number of mouths to feed; number of shares, items, applications, etc.
area of expertise; (one's) field; (one's) line
fluent (in a language); flowing
mouthful; morsel; gulp; sip; one word; in short
to divide (into); to split (into); to share; to distribute; to distinguish; to discriminate; to break up (a fight)
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
the five elements (in Japanese philosophy: earth, water, fire, wind and void); five great wisdom kings
attention; giving one's attention; focusing
to fabricate; to invent; to make up (a story); to cobble up; to put together in a hurry
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.
argument; discussion; theory (e.g. of evolution); doctrine; essay; treatise
to be taught; to learn; to take lessons in
to rule; to govern; to administer
cinnabar; vermillion; red pigment (and ink made from same); red text (as used to correct documents)
dyer's knotweed (Persicaria tinctoria, used to produce indigo dye); indigo (dye); indigo (colour)
to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
to cut into (a conversation); to interject
conceptual; ideational; notional; theoretical; academic
dissection; autopsy; analysis
practical; useful; utilitarian; pragmatic
ready fire-power; battle-ready forces; immediate asset (to a team or firm); someone who can be an immediately effective player or worker
elevation; rise; improvement; advancement; progress
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to aim for; to strive for
shortening; contraction; reduction; curtailment; abbreviation
fossil; petrifaction; petrification; fossilization
additional; extraordinary; outside the norms; special case
smoothly; swimmingly; forthrightly; without hesitation
to write ruby characters (small furigana above or beside kanji)
difficult to ...; hard to ...
characteristic; feature; special quality
to explain; to dispel doubts
chance; start; cue; excuse; motive; impetus
placement; fixed position; mapping out; location
all things in nature; the whole creation
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
clue; lead; key; handhold; hold
essential; substantial; substantive; intrinsic
training; practice; discipline; ascetic practices