perfect score; full marks; perfection; grading out of a hundred; grading on a scale of 0 to 100
entirely useless; completely worthless; no no; don't!
(your) business; (your) concern; (customer's) order; official business (of the government, Imperial Court, etc.); arrest; capture
old-fashioned; archaic; antique; antiquated
hereditary occupational group (Yamato period)
hyah!; hah!; there!; ugh!; argh!; damn it!
cutting straight down; cleaving (a person) in two
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to leverage (skills, attributes, experience, etc.); to restore (a deleted passage; in proofreading)
initial response (e.g. to a crisis); action in the earliest stages; initial shock (of an earthquake); preliminary tremor
bolt from the blue; great surprise
tip of the hand; (use of) one's hands; cheap trick; superficial wit; cheap; makeshift (e.g. measures)
self-conceit; self-satisfaction; self-righteousness; self-importance; complacency
killing with a sword (knife, dagger, etc.); slaying; putting to the sword
declining; refusal; nonacceptance; turning down; withdrawal (e.g. of candidacy); pulling out (e.g. of a race)
fixed period; fixed term; regular; periodic; fixed-term commuter pass; fixed-term deposit
to work hard at one's lessons
bowl (wooden); counter for bowls of food or drink
closing (properly); shutting; firmness; tightness; carefulness (with money); economy
eightfold; octuple; multilayered; doubled
giga-; 10^9; gigabyte; GB; data traffic (esp. on mobile phone)
beauty; good figure; (beautiful) appearance; beautification; beauty treatment; beauty culture
hime cut; hairstyle consisting of straight shoulder-length or cheek-length sidelocks and bangs cut above the eyebrows
company secret; industrial secret; trade secret
immortal; undying; indestructible
before and after (e.g. photos)
(open) a little; slightly; narrowly; (cut) finely; thinly
to be harmful to; to hinder; to interfere with; to irritate
coming out; going out; attending (work); appearing (on stage); start; beginning; origins
at any rate; in any case; anyway; anyhow
bloody; gory; covered in blood; desperate; frantic
to keep in pace with; to keep up with; to follow (someone's thought); to understand
dropping out of school; withdrawal from school; expulsion from school; dismissal; leaving school (university, etc.) after completing a course
to work on (someone); to appeal to; to make approaches to; to begin to work
series of battles; successive battles
supporter (e.g. wrist supporter); athletic supporter; jockstrap; supporter (esp. of soccer); backer