gargling; rinsing one's mouth
middle; midway; middle position; moderate position; interim; intermediary
wide-open; frank; open; candid
palm tree (any tree of family Arecaceae)
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
to fight each other; to clash
drainage; draining; pumping out (water); displacement
unwritten law; common law; unwritten rule
copy; duplicate; facsimile; cc (on e-mails); carbon copy
secret art; secret technique; mysteries (of an art)
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)
after the decimal point; below the decimal; of no account; beneath one's notice
to eat up; to consume (completely)
to change into; to be transformed; to be transfigured; to transform; to alter; to convert
younger brother and sister
(being angry) like a blazing fire; burning (rage)
to accompany; to follow; to keep up with
fast; quick; easy; simple; as soon as ...; the moment ...
mass production of inferior goods
talented person; clever person
ditch; drain; gutter; gap (between cutting guides)
sudden rise; steep climb; trending
learning; scholarship; study; study of ...; -ology; -ics
having absolutely nothing (left); being out of everything; absolutely nothing
rule by military force; military rule; (way of the) conqueror; path of supremacy
versification; tanka poetry