(linguistic) competence; language capability
elevation; rise; improvement; advancement; progress
to create (an atmosphere, feeling, etc.); to produce; to engender
eruption; volcanic eruption
habit; behavior; behaviour; trait
touch; contact; contact (with people); dealings; tangency
user's manual; instruction manual; operation manual
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
angry voice; one's voice when shouting with anger
hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
opening and shutting; opening and closing
front part; frontage; facade; initial pledge (e.g. election); opening slogan
assimilation; absorption; adaptation; assimilation; anabolism; assimilation (phonology)
hospitality; treating like a guest
that's enough!; cut it out!; get a life!
manners; courtesy; etiquette
to keep in mind; to bear in mind; to try; to aim to do; to endeavor; to endeavour
bottom; sole; depths (e.g. of despair, the sea); bottom (of one's heart); limit; end
the dead; ghost; person who is obsessed (with money, power, etc.); person with a blind lust (for)
to point down; to look down; to get worse; to begin to fall (e.g. of a price)
to pinch; to hold (between one's fingers); to pick up and eat; to snack on; to pick out (the main point); to summarize
leaving (a decision, job, etc.) to someone else; entrusting; leaving the choice of a meal to the chef; omakase
to land (a fish); to catch; to reel in
life; existence; (one's) working life; career; life force; lifeblood
mystery; mysteriousness; secret
to assume an air of ...; to act ...; to affect ...; to put on airs; to be self-important
brat; kid; urchin; preta; hungry ghost
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
point of a spear; spearhead; focus (of one's attack, criticism, etc.); aim; force (of an argument); edge
shift; move; (work) shift; work schedule; gearshift; changing gears
being left out; being ostracized
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
professional; pro; program; production; proletarian; proletariat
best; supreme; wonderful; highest; maximum; most
footprint; soleprint; last; wooden mold for shoes or tabi (mould)