hanky-panky; juggling; cheating; deception; smoke and mirrors
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
sidelong glance; short grain (paper)
each time; every time; whenever (something happens); on the occasion of
great swordsman; master fencer
omitting crucial steps; cutting corners; intentional negligence; tenuki; taking the initiative by ignoring the opponent's last move and playing somewhere else (in go)
to reach an extreme; to reach a limit; extremely; to be stuck; to be in a dilemma; to be decided
stock; share; stump; (clump of) roots; plant with attached roots or stem; strain (of bacteria, etc.); stock company
maximum allowable single-day gain (stock exchange, etc.)
practical use; application; conjugation; inflection
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
whenever necessary; as needed; as required; at any time; at all times
to accept; to receive (an application); to (be able to) take (food, medicine, etc.); to bear; to be affected by; to take damage from
use; adoption; acceptance; appointment; employment; engagement
small present; trifling gift; gift given out by companies to customers as a token of gratitude; marketing incentive; (arch.) inferior goods; (arch.) low-quality article
addition; supplement; appending; appendix
deletion; elimination; erasure; striking out
conclusion; resolution; gathering and bundling; convergence; focusing (e.g. light); convergence
principal offence; principal offense; principal offender
testimony; (verbal) evidence
to fall ill; to suffer from (e.g. a disease); to have something wrong with (e.g. an inner organ)
job; work; duties; trade; skill
whole nation; whole land; whole country
crucial; key; most important; main (point)
rudeness; impoliteness; discourtesy; insolence
to find out; to discover; to select; to pick out; to look out (from the inside); to be wide-eyed (in surprise, anger, etc.)
to control; to take the lead in; to have under one's thumb
circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
theme; topic; subject matter; motif; project; slogan
to hold a thing in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to embrace (e.g. a baby); to take upon oneself; to be saddled with
reconstruction funds; reconstruction money
jinx; omen (can be a good omen)
from the beginning; from the first; all along; of course
as a matter of fact; actually; effectively; in reality; in effect
course (of events); development; progress; market order; order without limit
to knead again; to rework; to revise; to polish
offer; tender; providing; sponsoring (a TV program)