comeback; recovery; restoration; rally; reflexive (in grammar)
expert; professional; master; woman in the nightlife business; demimondaine; geisha and prostitutes
time (three times, each time, etc.); times
flaw; defect; problem; inconvenient
optical communications line; optical network
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
to blow away; to blow off; to dispel; to drive away; to talk big
rock; boulder; crag; cliff; anchor
to pull apart; to separate; to have a lead over; to pull ahead of; to outdistance
revolution; 58th year of the sexagenary cycle (in Onmyōdō)
successive; consecutive; back-to-back; one after another
to beat someone at their own game; to outdo someone in their specialty
opposite; opposition; versus; vs.; to (e.g. "winning a game five to three"); equal footing
wing; Chinese "Wings" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); (arch.) counter for birds or bird wings
summoning circle; magic circle (esp. in fictional settings); magic square
seeing for the first time; first sight; first meeting; sight-reading
stepping (in place); stamping (up and down); stomping; standstill; stalemate
(making, launching) concentrated attack (on, against)
to fan (oneself, flames, etc.); to flap (in the wind); to instigate; to stir up; to drive up prices (by buying a large amount of something); to take a photo from a low angle; to tailgate
command; lead; generalship; leadership
lucky; nice!; score!; bingo!
number of (large) animals
active duty; active service; student taking (university) entrance exams while still enrolled in school; student who passed their university entrance exams on the first try
careful selection; careful screening; hand-picking
first generation; founder
chair; stool; post; office; position
greed; craving; desire; appetite; hunger; avarice
joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
chance; start; cue; excuse; motive; impetus
railway switchback; twisting backward knee trip
manzai; comic dialogue; two-person comedy act (usu. presented as a fast-paced dialogue, occ. presented as a skit)
to lend an ear; to hearken; to give an ear to; to listen carefully
shyness; fear of strangers; stranger anxiety
(it was) not until; (it was) only when
nature; property; disposition
thirty-first day of the month; thirty-one days