drama; play; powerful drug
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
cutter; cutting tool; box cutter; utility knife; (tailor's) cutter; cutter (boat)
rank; place (e.g. first place); decimal place; counter for ghosts
first place; first rank; unit's position; Japanese yew (Taxus cuspidata)
washing; laundry; relaxing; taking a break
to incur divine punishment; to pay for one's sins; you'll pay for that!; what goes around, comes around
mass meeting; convention; tournament; competition; grand event
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
please (give me); please (do for me)
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
to stick through; to force through; to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse; to make a path between two points; to proceed in a logical manner; to let pass
reading partway; leaving half-read
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone
self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
whole tomatoes (canned, etc.)
to shoot out (lights, window, etc.)
one's turn for doing the sweeping (cleaning)
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
valid; effective; yuko (judo)
range (of a rifle, missile, etc.)
at the most; at best; to the utmost; as much as possible; as much as one can
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
active duty; active service; student taking (university) entrance exams while still enrolled in school; student who passed their university entrance exams on the first try