stamina; endurance; physical strength; strength of an organization (e.g. profitability, productivity, economic clout, stability, growth potential)
kendo; Japanese martial art using bamboo swords
remarkably; markedly; rapidly; sound of breaking or creaking
to grow taller (of people)
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
to take down; to bring down; to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time; to wear for the first time
listen!; you see; mind you; remember
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
gold (Au); golden (color); valuable; of highest value; money; gold coin; Friday
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
with a snap; (break) cleanly; (reject) sternly; flatly; smartly (e.g. of dressing up well)
(sound of) laughter; laughing voice
unsociable; unfriendly; blunt; surly; curt; cold
ranking; toplist (e.g. of WWW sites)
first place; first rank; unit's position; Japanese yew (Taxus cuspidata)
teacher; master; religious leader; specialist; (arch.) five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou-dynasty Chinese army)
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
elder sister; effeminate man
mishearing; (feigned) deafness; homophonic translation of song lyrics for comic effect
faint; indistinct; dim; (arch.) few; (arch.) a little
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
woman; female; feminine gender
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess
glamorous; charming; beguiling; bewitching; beautiful; fascinatingly elegant
exit; gateway; way out; outlet; vent; leak
to consider as; to regard (as equivalent); to deem (as); to equate
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
place; situation; position; location
in a whisper; in a low voice; in undertones
perhaps; possibly; maybe; if; in case; in the event that
all; entire; whole; altogether
kind; sort; type; similar example; parallel; the like
blue; azure; green; green light (traffic); black (horse coat color); blue 5-point card; immature