performance (as opposed to practice); going before an audience or on-air; game; match; high of the season; height (of summer, etc.)
impressiveness; impact; force; intensity; presence; appeal
connotation; comprehension; intension; inclusion; containment within
mode (e.g. of a machine); setting; state (of mind); mode (e.g. work mode, study mode); mode; mode
to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something
to return; to come back; to turn over; to become extremely; to become completely
living flesh; flesh and blood; living (human); raw (flesh, esp. fish)
grazing; touching lightly; squeezing (someone for money); percentage; kickback
straight; straightforward; direct; straight (wins, sets, etc.); straight (liquor); neat; entering university right after graduating high school
anything and everything; just about everything
course correction; trajectory change; orbital adjustment
seasoning; flavoring; flavouring; addition; inclusion; taking into account
automatic; intransitive verb
gradually; by degrees; little by little; bit by bit
to parry; to sidestep; to dodge
more than most people; more than other people; compared with other people; more than others
powerless; weak; lacking physical strength; incompetent; lacking ability; powerless
to be buried; to be covered; to overflow; to be crowded; to be repaid (e.g. debt); to be replenished
soft and fair goes far; willows are weak, yet they bind other wood
to grow; to grow up; to be good at; to excel in
art; technique; means; way; stratagem; artifice
defensive body movement (judo, kendo, etc.)
footwork (in martial arts, sports, etc.)
regarding highly; attaching importance to
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
soft; weak; fragile; poorly built; insubstantial
useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point
grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man
to take lessons in; to be taught; to learn (from a teacher); to study (under a teacher); to get training in
secret (recipe, medicine, etc.); mysteries (e.g. of an art)
to mistake (for something or someone else); to misread; to misjudge
first-class; first-rate; characteristic (of); peculiar (to); school (e.g. of flower arrangement); one flag
it hasn't been long since
left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one
to drive into (e.g. a nail into a board); to hit into (e.g. a home run into the stands); to throw into (e.g. jail); to drum into (someone) (an idea, skill, etc.); to hammer into
timewise; temporal; chronal
pouring one's energy into; focusing one's efforts on; concentrating on; committing oneself to
repetition; repeat; replication; recursion; iteration
to etch (name, etc.); to carve (design)
fighting game (esp. one-on-one)
input; (data) entry; typing
monotony; monotone; dullness; monotone; monotonic
seeing through (e.g. someone's lies); reading (e.g. thoughts); penetrating; detecting