imperfect; incomplete; faulty; defective
to concentrate one's effort (on something)
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to do intently
output (electrical, signal, etc.)
to raise; to lift; to boost; to enhance
meteor; shooting star; falling star
once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
fault; defect; flaw; failure (in an examination); failing grade
betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
withdrawal; retraction; revocation; repeal
demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire
palace; tonic (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); ancient Chinese punishment (castration for men, or confinement for women); zodiacal sign
professor; teaching; instruction
(your, his, her) daughter
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
lion; left-hand guardian dog at a Shinto shrine
clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
expulsion; ousting; ejection; dismissal; banishment
distorted; crooked; oval; elliptical shape; round, wooden container for cooked rice; oval coin
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
caller; visitor; company; guest
main question; real issue at hand
to move (house); to transfer (department); to change the target of interest or concern; to elapse (passage of time); to be permeated by a colour or scent; to be infected
firm; determined; resolute; conclusive
stubborn; obstinate; pigheaded
by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means
by sheer strength; by brute force
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple
beginning; outset; first; onset
oh!; ah!; oh dear!; good grief!; dear me!; thank God!
no!; no no!; no, not at all
unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)
blue; azure; green; green light (traffic); black (horse coat color); blue 5-point card; immature
hair (on the head); tresses; locks
(someone else's) daughter
frank; candid; straightforward; openhearted; direct; outspoken
sentiment; emotions; one's feelings; one's heart