performance; execution; skill; dexterity; tact
laptop (computer); notebook (computer)
excavation; exhumation; discovery (e.g. new talent)
to hand over; to surrender
lighting (a lamp); turning on a light
source of electricity; electrical power; power (button on TV, etc.)
many; much; plenty; hardly
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
edge (of a river, woods, etc.); shoulder (of a road); rim; brim; fabric border (of a tatami mat, etc.); edging
to see through (a plot, lie, etc.); to penetrate into; to discover; to find out
a head (e.g. taller or shorter); noticeable difference (in competitors' results)
half; semi-; half-past; odd number; (arch.) unit of land area (595.8 m^2)
on a routine basis; regularly; habitually
hard to understand; incomprehensible; unintelligible
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
to underrate; to make light of
consideration; taking into account
maximum preference; maximum priority; priority handling
to be needed; to be wanted
rough; wild; violent; immoderate; extravagant; reckless
to make a fist; to clench one's fist
to constrict one's chest; to wring one's heart; to wrench one's heart
elementary school student; primary school student; grade school student
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
stubbornness; obstinacy; disposition; nature; appetite; desire
visiting ill or distressed people; writing get-well letters; get-well gifts; get-well letters; expression of sympathy; expression of concern
line (of text); row; carya (austerities); samskara (formations); semi-cursive style (of writing Chinese characters); running style
inconvenience; inexpediency; unhandiness
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
to bring up a subject; to touch on a matter
to stick; to get stuck; to be unavailable; to be busy; to be piled up (e.g. of work); to halt (in one's speech)
to vanish gradually (e.g. of a voice); to trail off; to die away; to feel one's soul leaving one's body (from embarrassment, grief, etc.); to feel faint; to feel numb
to chase; to run after; to pursue
to steal; to plagiarize; to steal (a technique, idea, etc.); to do stealthily; to do during scant time; to steal a base
shuddering; shivering; trembling; being horrified; being disgusted
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
or something; or something like that; or words to that effect; something or other
hanky-panky; juggling; cheating; deception; smoke and mirrors