high efficiency; high performance
to laugh at someone scornfully; to scoff at
USB; universal serial bus; USB flash drive; USB memory stick
discharge; evacuation; emission (e.g. of CO2); ejection; excretion
piece (scrap, bit, strip) of paper
script; libretto; scenario
to read a large number (of); to read widely; to read everything that one can lay one's hands on (usu. of specific type, genre)
drama; play; powerful drug
Idu (archaic writing system that uses Chinese characters to represent the Korean language)
sign of life; human presence; humanity; humaneness
large building; building with a long roof; counter for buildings, apartments, etc.
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
locked up feeling; cooped up feeling; feeling of entrapment; feeling of hopelessness; being in a bind
hypothesis; supposition; assumption; tentative theory
to be filled with grief; to be overcome with sorrow
span of life; one's term of existence; destiny; fate; assigning a name to a number
come out!; where are you?
lost child; lost person; stray child; missing child
to become less crowded; to thin out; to get empty; to be hungry
to breathe one's last; to pass away; to die; to expire
regret; flesh, blood vessels and fat from around chicken heart (usu. served as yakitori)
to sink (into); to get depressed
deep pool; deep water; abyss; depths (e.g. of despair); grip (e.g. of death)
stand-offish; distant; not frank; watery (alcohol, coffee, etc.)
(school) period; period or division of time; time limit
(lit.) to carry a bomb; to have a bomb about to go off; to have an imminent problem; to be in danger of relapse
to live through hell; to go to hell and back; to suffer dire straits
bamboo sword (for kendo); bamboo fencing stick; bamboo sword
tough; hard; determined; strong-minded; strong (e.g. sunlight, alcohol); severe
jumping along in a squatting position; bunny-hopping
mimicking sitting in a chair; air chair; wall sit; chain of people sitting on each other's laps
bridge (road, railway, ship, etc.); (contact) bridge; Seven Bridge (Japanese rummy game); bridge; bridge (of a pair of glasses); bridge (in wrestling); bridge (circuit)
vague; obscure; indistinct; hazy; ambiguous
to forget everything; to lose one's memory (e.g. of a period); to black out
criticizing; lambasting; pointing out faults; calling for a retake; ordering (someone) to redo something
beautiful face; good looks; beauty
helper; supporter; second; foreign player (hired to strengthen a team)
casting (of a play, film, etc.); cast