extra effort; one small touch; small twist
to add; to add up; to increase; to gather (e.g. speed); to include; to count in
practitioner; specialist; man (esp. one who is well-respected); samurai
finding employment; getting a job
war; battle; campaign; (arch.) troops; (arch.) forces
to handle (men); to master (a tool); to manage; to acquire a command of (a language)
professional job; profession
Western painting; Western film; Western movie
king; monarch; ruler; champion
obi (kimono sash); obi (strip of paper looped around a book, CD, etc. containing information about the product); band; belt; cingulum; radio or television program broadcast in the same time slot on all or most days
gift; premium; prize (lottery drawing, pachinko, etc.); party favor (favour)
Asura; demigod; anti-god; titan; demigods that fight the Devas (gods) in Hindu mythology
ranking; toplist (e.g. of WWW sites)
kill; kill (shot); smash; spike (in volleyball)
index; indices; indicator
proof; evidence; sign; witnessing; testifying; testimony
to permeate (of a stain, smell, etc.); to become ingrained; to become embedded; to become a deeply ingrained habit; to become second nature
victim (esp. someone killed); casualty
dark red; dark brown; reddish brown
to be dyed; to be tainted; to be infected; to be stained
band (e.g. conduction, valence); belt (e.g. Van-Allen, asteroid, etc.)
change to ...; becoming ...; making into ...; -ization; -ification
suicide attack; kamikaze attack
reason; logic; sense; truth; right
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
to twist someone's arm and throw them to the ground; to hold (someone) down by twisting their arm; to wrestle (someone) to the floor; to force (someone) to yield (e.g. an argument); to make (someone) surrender
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
to put in order; to arrange; to get ready; to prepare; to adjust; to regulate (e.g. rhythm, tune, one's breathing)
unexpected; unforeseen; strange
to the utmost; to the best of one's ability
success; achievement; succeeding (in life); (worldly) success; prosperity
hard fight; close game; struggle; tight contest
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
one-sided; unilateral; arbitrary
middle-distance (races); intermediate-range (missile)
to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
position (where one is standing); place where one stands; position; stance; standpoint
to speak badly (of); to speak ill (of); to bad-mouth
appeal; call for something; request; axiom
to cut off; to lop off; to prune
to change (with the passage of time); to fade; to wane; to decline