encouragement; incentive; stimulus
eloquence; fluency (of speech)
chop (pork, lamb, etc.); chop; chop (in tennis or table tennis); chop stroke
unity; coherence; consistency; settlement; conclusion; closure
main cause; primary factor
commemorable; worth commemorating; momentous; monumental
every (usu. with events, e.g. every weekend); each
room behind the curtain of a noh stage, where the actors prepare; greenroom (noh); (lit.) mirror room; hall of mirrors (at Versailles)
diffuse reflection; diffused reflection; irregular reflection
range (of a rifle, missile, etc.)
sphere; circle; range; category
single touch (of a button, etc.); one-touch operation; touch (of the ball before it lands out of bounds; in volleyball); one-touch play (in soccer)
visit (to a religious site, e.g. shrine, temple, grave)
(while) not looking; (doing) without looking; (buying) sight unseen; not seeing in person
to score an ippon; to score a full point (in judo, kendo, etc.); to one-up (someone); to defeat (in an argument); to score (against someone)
theory; standard procedure; common strategy; established tactics
rough-and-ready; knocked-up; hasty; slipshod; slapdash
to value; to prize; to esteem; to respect; to honour; to honor
trial of strength; test of one's strength (stamina)
hours of operation (of a machine, etc.); uptime
to go with the flow; to go with the times
hanging low (of clouds); remaining low (of sales, stock prices, etc.); remaining sluggish (of the economy, market, etc.); hovering (around a low level)
discretion; judgement; judgment
rich in personality; of great individuality; highly individual; expressive of one's personality
top; summit; twelve o'clock (usu. midnight); top of one's head; top of a helmet
severe; strict; tough; hard
remarkably; markedly; rapidly; sound of breaking or creaking
more than anything; above all else
to take root (of a plant); to strike root; to root; to become established (e.g. of an idea, a movement); to take hold; to take root
legs and loins; lower body; foundations; underpinnings
inborn; innate; inherent; a priori
to stagger; to stumble; to waver; to be in two minds; to have an affair (with); to fall (for someone)
breaking the front line; frontal breakthrough
audacious; daring; bold; throaty (voice); rough; deep
Lord; Sir; state minister (under the ritsuryō system or Meiji Grand Council system)
plastic food storage container; Tupperware
longitudinal direction; vertical direction; portrait orientation
out of control; out of hand; unmanageable; nothing one can do
reduction by half; halving
to push aside; to brush aside