approval; agreement; support; favour; favor
liver; innards; courage; spirit; crux; essential point
dojo; hall used for martial arts training; manda (place of Buddhist practice or meditation, esp. the place under the bodhi tree where Buddha attained enlightenment)
senior high school student
lesson; class work; teaching; instruction
being unhuman; being removed from humanity; being unworldly
to polish; to shine; to brush (e.g. teeth); to refine (e.g. a skill); to improve; to cultivate
to miss (doing); to fail (to do)
way to use something; treatment; management (of help)
to get; to secure; to learn; to master; to complete
question; inquiry; enquiry
reputation; respectability
to eat too much; to overeat
to get an upset stomach; to have diarrhea
goes without saying; needless to say; obvious
to stimulate one's appetite; to whet one's appetite
to swell (out); to expand; to be inflated; to get cross; to get sulky; to pout
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
to listen repeatedly; to listen again; to ask a question in return; to ask again; to ask for a repeated explanation
heating power; thermal power; firepower
to fall behind; to lag behind; to lose (race, contest)
autograph; signature; sign; signal; indication
to come out all right; to take care of itself; to be OK
workmanship; craftsmanship; grades; results; quality (e.g. of a crop); dealings
worry; fear; anxiety; concern
to not take seriously; to take lightly
one way or the other; either way
to become indisposed; to feel unwell; to have one's physical condition deteriorate
to be possible; to be likely; to be probable
of all (things, people, places, days, etc.)
sentimental; on an emotional level; in one's heart
crafty; vicious; unscrupulous; sharp
meddling; interfering; choosing to keep the drawn tile and discarding a different one
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
strong pressure; heavy pressure
acting rashly; running wildly; runaway (process); reckless baserunning
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
possessed of a strong sense of duty
(oral) message; declaration; hearsay; rumour; rumor
unexpected; unforeseen; accidental
difficult to imagine; quite unlikely to; very doubtful; would not expect
much less; to say nothing of
to not understand; to not (quite) know; to be unsure; to be unable to tell