practice; practising; training; study
half-moon; half a month; semicircle
head (chief, director) of a section or department; head of a (school) club; head of a (school) team
large build; large pattern
just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment
annual (plant); first-year student
fat; thick; deep (of a voice); thick; daring; shameless
bamboo sword (for kendo); bamboo fencing stick
glove (esp. sports); globe
to slacken; to loosen; to relax; to slack off (e.g. one's work, attention); to not put one's heart in
education; schooling; training; culture; cultivation; education
to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace
to order; to command; to appoint
to touch; to feel; to get involved (with); to approach; to be harmful to; to hinder
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
to come alive; to get going; to start to move
close to the wall; alongside the wall
indicates supposition; if ... then; when; (typically after someone's name) indicates exasperation
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
attendance (at school); going to school
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
though; although; be that as it may; nonetheless
usual; normal; everyday; usually; normally; generally
jersey (fabric); jersey; (sports) uniform; Jersey (cattle)
time; (the) hour; favourable time; opportunity; chance
to leave behind; to put off; to postpone
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
cluster of trees; grove; thicket
sparse; thin; scattered; straggling; sporadic
beard (esp. on the chin); goatee
to grow; to spring up; to sprout; to cut (teeth)
letter (of alphabet); character; writing
haste; hurry; expedition; speed; dispatch
cold; chilly; cold (attitude, stare, etc.); frigid; composed; cool
to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off
to ward off; to brush away; to fling off; to drive away
double; twice (as much); times (as much); -fold; 1-nth; 1 to n
to freeze (in fear, surprise, etc.); to cower; to flinch; to shrink up; to shrink; to shrivel up
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
suddenly and in a loud voice (e.g. sobbing)
to come near; to let someone approach; to bring near; to bring together; to deliver (opinion, news, etc.); to send (e.g. a letter); to let someone drop by
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
death by suffocation; death by choking
to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out