(this is only) the beginning; just the start; jonokuchi; lowest division in sumo
device; equipment; machinery; apparatus
experiment; experimentation
to hunt out; to flush out; to round up; to impress; to recruit
excess; surplus; superabundance; overabundance
stimulus; stimulation; impetus; impulse; excitement; thrill
to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)
pain; agony; suffering; distress; torment
taking; taker; last performer of the day (usu. the star performer); last performance of the day; active partner (e.g. in judo demonstration); emphatic or formal prefix
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to let live; to keep alive; to revive; to resuscitate
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
group; party; team; squad; section
naughty; mischievous; rascal; naughty kid; delinquency; misconduct
to become desperate; to give way to despair
to explain away; to talk one's way out of; to excuse oneself; to evade
toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything
to induce (someone to do something); to tempt; to act toward (someone in a certain way); to handle (men); to send; to forward to
to return; to come back; to turn over; to become extremely; to become completely
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
evasion; excuse; subterfuge; runaround
log; log; logarithm; log (tree trunk or branch); logbook (of a ship or aircraft); log (device for measuring the speed of a ship)
to bump into; to run into; to encounter; to meet with; to clash (of opinions, people, etc.); to conflict
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
armed forces; military; (common) soldier; rank-and-file soldier; underling; ordinary employee
to do for (someone); to take in; to deceive; to hoodwink
grasping; seizing; holding; commanding; having control over
slight; little; insignificant
cover; covering; covering (a song); cover; coverage; to cover (a loss)
powerlessness; helplessness; incompetence; ineffectiveness
change to ...; becoming ...; making into ...; -ization; -ification
the whole body; the five styles of writing Chinese characters; the five parts of the body (head, two hands and two feet; or head, neck, chest, hands and feet)
successively; one after another
looking on from afar; being a spectator