force; vigor; influence; authority; impetus; impulse
to look around; to look towards (us)
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
circulation (of money, goods, etc.); distribution; circulation (of air, water, etc.); ventilation; flow
smooth (i.e. without problems)
to hold up over one's head; to hold aloft; to hold over something; to hold (one's hands) out (e.g. towards a fire); to hold up to shade one's eyes, face, etc.
rainbow-colored; rainbow-coloured
to shine; to glitter; to be bright
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
good offices; kind offices; services; mediation; intercession; conciliation
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
dancing; dance; iteration mark (used to represent repetition of the previous character); Bon Festival dance; Lantern Festival dance; eating live seafood (e.g. squid, ice gobies) while it is still moving; soft spot (in the skull of an infant)
to train; to teach; to acquire (information); to learn; to stock; to stock up on
tone deafness; amusia; having no ear for music; having no sense of (e.g. direction); being hopeless when it comes to (e.g. computers); -illiterate
to recall; to remember; to recollect
to put someone to work; to make someone work
fault; error; going poorly; being disadvantageous; un-; non-
fishing industry; fishery
exploitation; bleeding dry; squeezing dry; milking (e.g. a cow's teat); extracting (a liquid) through squeezing
freedom; free man; free woman
to work (for, at, in); to be employed (at); to finish (a term); to serve (e.g. a sentence); to conduct (a ceremony); to perform (a Buddhist memorial service)
merchant; trader; expert (in a trade or profession); professional; woman working in the nightlife business (bar or nightclub hostess, geisha, etc.); demimondaine
last position; previous job; predecessor
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to leverage (skills, attributes, experience, etc.); to restore (a deleted passage; in proofreading)
supply; provision; service; supply
movement (of the body); action; bearing; carriage; operation (of a machine, software, etc.); running
process; procedure; sequence; protocol; instruction
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
difference in temperature; difference in degrees of enthusiasm (interest, commitment, etc.); difference in attitude
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
all; entire; whole; altogether
keenly; deeply; calmly; quietly; fixedly (gazing, staring); intently