son (of others); boy; young master; green young man from a well-to-do family; young man innocent of the ways of the world
growth; breeding; growing up (in, as); upbringing
pronunciation; reading (e.g. of a kanji); way of reading (out loud); interpretation (e.g. of a text); reading
to do over again; to redo; to start over; to remake; to resume; to recommence
scoring; score; points made; marks obtained; goals; runs
(getting a) perfect score; scoring 100; grading students on a scale of one hundred; doing perfectly (in a test); leaving nothing to be desired
to be dented; to be indented; to be beaten; to be overwhelmed; to be disheartened; to feel down
besides; moreover; in addition
earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)
manure; fertilizer; fertiliser; compost
re-education; retraining; in-service training
gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; irritating; troublesome; heavy (weather); cloudy
injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss
measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
to beat to death; to kill
intolerant; small-minded; inflexible; unforgiving; unyielding; ungenerous
showing no concern at all; being not at all bothered; devil-may-care attitude
expansion; swelling; increase; growth
in deep black; in jet black
upper half of the body; upper body
extinction; extermination; eradication; stamping out; wiping out
sabre-toothed tiger (prehistoric feline, esp. the species Smilodon fatalis); saber-toothed tiger
leopard (Panthera pardus)
control (of a machine, device, etc.); control (over an opponent, one's emotions, etc.); governing; management
to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt
to seal (letter); to prevent; to forbid; to block
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking
sticking; clinging; with a smack (e.g. sitting down); hard; all over; thickly
to paint over; to paint out; to fill in; to cover completely (with paint)
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
to have a hard time of it
out-of-place; inappropriate; sticking out like a sore thumb
to spill; to fall out of; to peek through; to become visible (although normally not); to escape (of a smile, tear, etc.)
tone color; tone colour; tone quality; timbre
to play an instrument (esp. string instruments); to dance
to be kind to; to treat kindly
trying to think of a way (to); devising means (to); working out (how to do); contriving (to raise money); managing
steam; vapour; vapor; steamboat; steam locomotive