shot; charge; blow; punch; home run; try
specific; particular; designated; specifying; designating; identifying
interruption; suspension; break
barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
horizontally; flat; across; crossways; crosswise
opinion; point of view; visual point
living thing; organism; creature; biology
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
dirty; filthy; disordered; messy; indecent (language, etc.); dirty
love; affection; attachment; craving; agape; Ireland
function; facility; faculty; feature
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
to dedicate; to make an offering; to supply; to store; to finish; to bring to a close; to restore (something to its place)
to jump (out of the way); to jump back; to jump aside
to put in order; to arrange; to get ready; to prepare; to work out (e.g. business deal); to arrange (e.g. marriage)
from the beginning; without hesitation; flatly (e.g. refusing); entirely; completely
difference; distinction; discrepancy; mistake; error
idea; plan; fancy; impulse; thought; whim
failure; mistake; blunder
I, myself; one-self; by one-self; even I; even one
battle; fight; fighting; engagement; contest
smartly dressed; stylish; someone smartly dressed; to dress up; to be fashionable
substantiality (of a meal); fillingness; solidity
restaurant with only set meals
gyudon; rice covered with sliced beef, usu. with vegetables
respect; esteem; reverence; honour; honor
food; foodstuff; eating; appetite; meal; portion
in fact; as a matter of fact; actually; in reality; to tell the truth
action; operation; effect; function
cornerstone; main point; requirement; need; necessary; required
impossible; unlikely; improbable
to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
to forge; to temper; to drill; to train; to discipline
but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just