sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
bad taste; poor taste; gaudiness; nastiness; nasty behaviour; perverse disposition
sense of beauty; aesthetic sense; attention to one's appearance; grooming-consciousness
slit; slitting (slicing a sheet of paper, metal, etc. into narrower strips)
extinction (e.g. of a family); dying out; discontinuation; severance (e.g. of relations); rupture; breaking off
to have an eye on; to zero in on
ground-breaking; revolutionary; unprecedented; epoch-making
slapping; splashing; splatting; banging shut; flat (refusal, denial, etc.)
source; origin; cause; beginning; genesis
as you see; as you can see
by any standard; (not) even as flattery
luxury; extravagance; to live in luxury; to indulge oneself; lavish (use of something); abundant
not insignificant; not to be sneezed at
(switched) off; off-season; offset; off-road; offline; offline get-together; offside
zero; 0; nought; nothing; zilch
gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase
to shed tears; to be moved to tears
to lament; to grieve; to regret; to deplore
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
to feel chilly; to be afraid; to be frightened; to be nervous
noisy; boisterous; turbulent (era, etc.); troubled
true character; true form; true colors; consciousness; one's senses
lack of sleep; insufficient sleep
burly; strong; indomitable; indefatigable; robust (vitality, appetite, economic growth, etc.); strong
counter; counting device; (service) counter (at a bank, store, etc.); counter (at a bar, cafe, etc.); bar; counter-attack (in soccer); counter
to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on
home area; home town; local
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
sailor suit; middy uniform; two-piece school uniform modeled after the sailor suit
part-time job; side job; part-time worker; part-timer
to rest one's chin in one's hands
tough; stubborn; determined; severely; heavily; hard