specialization; specialisation
steel; sword steel; sword
bow and arrow; weapon; arms
bad smell; affectation; fulsomeness
stuffed specimen; taxidermy mount; stuffing; mounting
application; entry; request; subscription; offer; proposal
soft and flaky (pie, potatoes, squash, etc.); fluffy; crumbly; being pleased with oneself; beaming happily; chuckling to oneself
separate; special; another; separately
barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty
seven; seven years of age; four o'clock (old time system)
ease of use; user-friendliness; usability; utility; convenience
remnant; fragment; fraction; odd sum; halfway; half-hearted
to shake one's head (in disagreement); to disagree; to refuse; to say no; to turn down (a request)
large amount of money; great cost
money in one's possession
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
cash; ready money; money on hand; mercenary; self-interested; calculating
to carry around; to carry on one's person
to gain; to earn (for oneself); to win
originator; ringleader; perpetrator; main culprit; person responsible
quickly; briefly; rashly; carelessly; (flowing) in trickles
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
to be temperate in; to refrain; to make notes; to jot down (e.g. phone number); to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for
calm; quiet; gentle; moderate; reasonable; amicable
bull; bull; bulldog; bulldozer; bourgeois; bourgeoisie
foot (of a mountain or hill); bottom; base
to settle (in a place); to settle down
certain amount; some; certain person; Mr So-and-so; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
to increase; to add to; to augment
no matter what; whatever you say; in the end; after all
elementary level; beginner level
hunting ground; hunting preserve
highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road; highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...); subdistrict (in China)
to stab; to stick; to pierce; to thrust
to kill an enemy soldier before the start of a battle to raise spirits; to kill viciously; to victimize; to torment
tsk tsk; oh-oh; huh; what's that?