contract; compact; agreement
kimono; Japanese traditional clothing (esp. full-length); clothing; clothes
Japanese sword (usu. single-edged and curved); Japanese bladed weapon
acting ability; talent as a performer
overseas deployment (e.g. military forces); overseas expansion (e.g. business operations)
to do one's best; to do something to the best of one's ability
leaving (a decision, job, etc.) to someone else; entrusting; leaving the choice of a meal to the chef; omakase
positive (e.g. thinking); positive; positive (pole); anode
to flatter; to soft-soap; to sweet talk; to cajole; to instigate
front part; frontage; facade; initial pledge (e.g. election); opening slogan
cavity; hollow; void; hollow (voice, smile, etc.); blank (eyes, look, etc.); vacant (expression, stare, etc.)
system; organization; organisation; architecture
overall; general; as a whole
to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)
to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
to be superfluous; to be in excess; to be more than enough
to harm; to hurt; to fail to do; to do amiss; to almost do; to come close to doing
chores; odd jobs; miscellaneous affairs; miscellaneous expenses
transcendence; excellence; superiority; super; extremely; awfully
dull; stupid; thickheaded; slow; sluggish
unconsciousness; unconscious; involuntary; the unconscious
complete failure; debacle; fiasco; disaster
to sense; to perceive; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment
waking or sleeping; constantly; at all times; twenty-four hours a day
sweet (e.g. young girls, flowers blooming); touchingly lovely; cute; pitiful; pitiable
extremely busy; short-handed; (lit.) wanting even the help of a cat
application; subscription; entry (competition, raffle, etc.); enlistment
hurdle; hurdle race; hurdles; hurdle; obstacle
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
unusual; unconventional; mold-breaking; outside the box
magic; witchcraft; sorcery; spell
hand used like a sword in striking
iron pipe; steel pipe; metal pipe
to break; to be broken; to be folded; to give in; to back down; to turn (a corner)
receiving (a message, letter, email, etc.); reception (radio, TV, etc.)
telecommunications; correspondence
to be evident; to be obvious; to understand completely
to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to
selection; sorting; culling; screening; triage
getting carried away; going too far; overdoing