ability; competency; talent; skill; capacity
poverty-stricken; destitute; poor; penurious
layman (esp. as opposed to a Buddhist monk); laity; local manners; modern customs; common; popular
roughly; approximately; round about; cursorily; briefly; quickly
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
straining (with physical exertion); crying; groaning; huffing and puffing
at a moment's notice; readily
guidance; lead; guide; primer; influence; connections
guidance; leadership; instruction; shido (disciplinary action for a minor infringement of the rules of judo)
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
pivot foot; emphasis; priority; focus
traditional ordering of the Japanese syllabary; fundamentals; the ABCs of ...
substantial matter; significant item
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
in one's own way or style
fullness; completion; enhancement; improvement; replenishment; repletion
to know; to understand; to be aware of; to consent; to agree
fortunately; luckily; thankfully
zealous; enthusiastic; ardent; fervent; keen; eager
knowledge; understanding; rules; regulations; deputy; acting
(giving) instruction; initiation
to erase; to delete; to turn off (power); to switch off; to extinguish; to put out
(it) goes without saying; needn't be said; that should rather be left unsaid
modus operandi; criminal technique; trick
one's hand (when playing cards); name tag; nameplate; wallet-sized (photo)
firmly; absolutely; flatly; by far; far and away; by a long shot
trouble; bother; number of moves (in go, shogi, etc.); number of punches (in boxing)
the way in which something came about; origin; structure; organization; the way something is constructed
to draw or pull something towards oneself (e.g. chair)
to pity; to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to tend to (e.g. an injury); to care for; to nurse
isomorphism; same shape; same type; same pattern
when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...
a little; a bit; somewhat; slightly; rather
to differ depending on ...
as far as ... is concerned; so far as ... can tell
(the) mainstream; main course (of a river); main stream
to rebound; to recoil; to splash; to have a repercussion; to have a reciprocal effect
to harden; to solidify; to become firm; to become certain; to gather (together); to assemble
meeting up; gathering; assembly; set