poi (Maori style of performance art); poi (tethered weights used in poi performances)
keeping silent; saying nothing at all
correspondence; communication; transmission; news; signal; telecommunications
halfway-done; mediocre; uncertain; half-heartedly; insufficiently
drainage; draining; pumping out (water); displacement
unwritten law; common law; unwritten rule
copy; duplicate; facsimile; transcript
secret art; the mysteries
cutting roots; extermination; rooting out
effectiveness; efficacy; efficaciousness
pilot light; spark; live coals (for firelighting)
to rub together; to reconcile (ideas, proposals, plans); to compare and adjust
zigzag-shaped paper streamer often used to adorn Shinto-related objects; hornbeam (deciduous tree in the birch family)
dreadnought class (of warship)
to be crushed; to be squashed (flat); to be discouraged
after the decimal point; below the decimal; of no account; beneath one's notice
to change into; to be transformed; to be transfigured; to transform; to alter; to convert
younger brother and sister
raging fire; conflagration
to accompany; to follow; to keep up with
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
mass production of inferior goods
talented person; clever person
sudden rise; steep climb; zoom; trending
learning; scholarship; study; study of ...; -ology; -ics
having absolutely nothing (left); being out of everything; absolutely nothing
versification; tanka poetry
educated; learned; schooled
full ripeness; full maturity
having nothing except one's body; having empty pockets; being penniless
flying bird; soaring bird
standard item; usual thing; (a) classic; basic item (with stable demand); staple goods