sharpness; cutting ability; quickness (of wit); incisiveness; peppiness (of a ball)
paralysis; palsy; numbness; stupor
to curse; to put a curse on; to detest intensely
to remove; to take off; to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from
highest rank; highest position; high-end; highest-order; most-significant (e.g. bit)
government service; the bureaucracy
invalid; void; ineffective; unavailable
absorption; suction; attraction
laws of nature; physical laws; physics
defense; defence; safeguard; protection
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
restoration; rehabilitation; recovery; recovery (from an illness); recuperation; convalescence
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
good-for-nothing; worthless
whole (body); full-length (e.g. portrait); systemic
incomplete understanding; doubt; question; distrust; suspicion; strangeness
little girl; maiden; young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryo period)
silence (not speaking); muteness
shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
to move; to stir; to operate; to run; to make a move; to take action; to be touched
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
limit; limits; degree; extent; the end; the last; as long as ...
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
workmanship; craftsmanship; grades; results; quality (e.g. of a crop); dealings
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
(death from) starvation; starving to death
(only) one option; one possible choice
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
thin; pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
to wager; to bet; to risk; to stake; to gamble
worry; fear; anxiety; concern
curse; spell; malediction
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
to let go of; to release; to part with (e.g. a possession); to relinquish; to send away (e.g. one's child); to let go
fixed; settled; constant; definite; uniform; regularized
another thing; other things; another man's property
to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)