study; diligence; discount; reduction
reversal; return; return gift; return favour (favor); barb (on a fishing hook); mixture of soy sauce, sugar and mirin
admission based on recommendation; enrolment by recommendation (enrollment)
discussion; talk; tête-à-tête; conference
to get complicated; to grow worse; to turn sour
one cause; one reason; one factor
juice; soft drink (usu. fruit-based); sweetened drink
mosquito coil; anti-mosquito incense
to burn; to kindle; to heat (a bath); to light (a stove); to use (a camera flash)
recruitment; invitation; raising (funds, donations, etc.); collection; flotation (of shares, loans, etc.)
brimming with youthful enthusiasm; in high spirits; raring to go; overflowing with youthful energy; acting all cute and charged up
clumsy (work); awkward; poorly made; ugly (of a person); unattractive; plain
president (of a nation); big man; boss; buddy
rescue; extricate; reclaim; deliverance
plate; dish; serving; helping; kanji radical 108 (at the bottom)
people; (all) persons; you (usu. plural); various
total darkness; pitch dark; bleak future; poor prospects
to squash; to crush; to flatten
job transfer away from one's home; taking up a new post leaving one's family behind
to be away from home; to be out of the house
knack; skill; bone; skeleton; cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes
how; in what way; in what manner
to smile back (at a person); to answer someone's smile
rope; cord; line; grand champion's braided belt
dead of night; shades of night; black of night
to drive away; to order off; to chase away; to force into an unpleasant situation (bankruptcy, prostitution, suicide, etc.)
exemption; exoneration; discharge
preferential treatment; privilege; favor; benefit; incentive
anyone and everyone; anybody at all
health is wealth; health is your most valuable asset
reason; logic; sense; natural way of things
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
vital part (of the body); tender spot; key point; essential point; male crotch (as a target in fighting)
to stab; to thrust (into); to plant (in the ground); to stick upright