shallow; superficial; thoughtless; short-sighted; foolish; silly
single standard; single base; single-feature show
voice training; vocal exercises
special training; intensive training; crash course
kernel; core; nucleus; center; centre
to form; to make; to build up (e.g. a fortune); to create; to accomplish; to achieve; to change (into)
in succession; one after another
without delay; promptly; immediately; forthwith
independent training (e.g. of athletes working without a coach)
presentation (of a passport, ID, etc.); showing; production (e.g. of documents); presentation (of a plan, response, etc.); bringing up; citing (an example)
spine; line of the backbone; seam down the back (of clothing)
equal (distribution, treatment, level, etc.); even; uniform
standing figure; standing posture; dancing pose
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
movements; bearing; deportment; carriage; behavior; behaviour
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
still more; even more; much more; increased; greater
1000 ri; (a) long distance
significant; full of meaning; pregnant (with meaning); suggestive
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
sweetly (smiling); broadly (grinning)
chance; start; opportunity; cause; reason; excuse
different opinion; objection
form (as opposed to substance); format; form; formality; form; mode
training (for a skill, job, sport, etc.); practice; working out; workout; (strength, weight) training
smelling burnt; smelling scorched; smelling of gunpowder (i.e. as if armed conflict is about to break out); tense; suspicious; dubious
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
to bend; to crook; to lean; to tilt; to bend (the truth); to distort
enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten
to insist on one's own ideas
interruption; suspension; break
than; rather than; instead of; from; since; except
significant; useful; meaningful; worthwhile; valuable; of interest
rational; reasonable; logical
accurate; correct; precise; exact
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
to benefit; to profit; to gain; to reap rewards
sure to ...; certain to ...; bound to ...; it's natural that ...; it's obvious that ...
treacherous; dangerous; untrustworthy; sneaky; cunning
to allow; to let (someone) do; to make (someone) do
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
tiger cub; one's treasure; precious savings
dissatisfaction; discontent; disapproval; objection; complaint; protest