to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor
knowledge; awareness; consent; acceptance; forgiving; pardoning
agile; nimble; casual (clothing); light (e.g. luggage); carefree; with limited responsibility
interior; inside; internal
decisive blow; game-winning hit (e.g. in baseball)
to imitate; to copy; to mock; to trace; to forge
knee dislocation; making somebody's knees bend (by hitting them behind the knees with one's own knees)
evil; wickedness; (role of) the villain (in theatre, etc.); the bad guy
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
to sew; to stitch; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
physical strength; brute strength; arm strength
to incline; to lean; to devote oneself to; to concentrate on; to ruin; to squander
and so on; and so forth; et cetera; comment; criticism
to bloom; to flower; to blossom; to open
skull (esp. weatherbeaten, used as symbol of death); death's head; cranium
red; crimson; Red; communist; (arch.) beautiful
to rub; to scrub; to scrape
very short and stout; small but quite wide around
to get (a joke or explanation); to strike home; to click; to know intuitively
to bring; to take (something) along; to fetch; to get
trump card; ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
floodlight; floodlight projector
to illuminate; to shine a light on; to light up
(divine) punishment; curse; retribution
to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves); to scatter; to be dispersed; to disappear; to dissolve; to spread
to give off sparks; to spark; to scintillate; to have a heated argument; to combat; to do something fiercely
to float; to rise to the surface; to stand out; to be visible; to be alienated
examination hall; examination room; laboratory; experimental station; testing ground
to incline toward; to slant; to lurch; to go down (sun); to wane; to sink
to stay on; to remain; to hold out; to stop (doing); to give up
awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained
to step forward; to take a step forward; to start on a project, etc.; to take the first step with