idea;  plan;  draft;  rough copy;  expectation; (arch.)  desk
 sports club (e.g. at school);  sports department (e.g. in a newspaper)
 cone (e.g. pine, hemlock)
 to wind (of a road, etc.);  to meander;  to twist;  to undulate;  to surge;  to swell
 subtle;  delicate;  difficult;  complex;  doubtful;  questionable
 environment;  circumstance
 ability to take action;  ability to take initiatives;  energy;  dynamism;  drive
 permission;  approval;  authorization;  to permit;  to authorize
 to pluck off (esp. by twisting);  to pick;  to break off;  to wrest (away from);  to wrench free;  to snatch (away)
 starting;  inauguration;  launch;  founding;  establishment;  start-up
 meeting;  conference;  session;  assembly;  council;  convention
 gradually;  by degrees;  little by little;  step by step
 cigarette;  cig;  smoke;  fag
 covering;  filled in;  complete;  total;  cliched;  clichéd;  plaintext
 dan rank (in martial arts, go, etc.);  advanced rank;  grade of black belt
 noisily;  clamorously;  incessantly (complaining, pestering, etc.);  going on and on;  loudly (crying);  wailing
 in the meanwhile;  during the time
 to examine;  to look up;  to investigate;  to check up;  to sense;  to study
 devastating;  gut-wrenching;  shocking;  startling;  sensational;  astounding
 system;  organization;  organisation;  imperial command;  laws;  regulation
 data feed (web, social media)
 motor nerve;  reflexes;  athletic ability;  motor coordination
 grounding (in a skill or subject);  knowledge;  training;  achievements;  attainments;  accomplishments
 certain;  sure;  definite;  reliable;  sound;  solid
 entry to school or university;  matriculation;  enrolment (in university, etc.) (enrollment)
 hour;  o'clock;  (specified) time;  when ...;  during ...
 study of (ancient) Japanese literature and culture; (arch.)  provincial school (under Japan's ritsuryo system and pre-Sui Chinese law)
 top;  top position;  senior management;  senior bureaucrat
 to speak jokingly;  to speak teasingly;  to joke around;  to speak nonsense
 to disappear;  to vanish; (arch.)  to die
 buttocks;  behind;  undersurface;  bottom;  last place;  end
 to shoot through something (wall, body, etc.);  to pierce (e.g. with an arrow or a look)
 in deep black;  in jet black
 to resign;  to retire;  to quit;  to leave (one's job, etc.)
 now (when it is already much too late);  at this stage;  afresh;  anew;  again
 definitely;  absolutely;  without doubt;  absolute;  unconditional
 number;  edition;  sobriquet;  pen-name;  size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.);  suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.
 plan;  project;  schedule;  scheme;  program;  programme