start; commencement; beginning; initiation
to hit (someone) once; to give (somebody) a punch; to intimidate (someone)
once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
attack; assault; raid; criticism; censure; denunciation
number one; first; best; most; game; round
Franckenstein; Frankenstein
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
so much (something) as to (e.g. so moved as to cry); overwhelmed; carried away; because of too much
flesh; meat; flesh (of a fruit); pulp; the physical body (as opposed to the spirit); flesh; thickness
play ball!; starting a match (of baseball, tennis, etc.)
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
youngster; boy; young Buddhist monk; young bonze; young shop-boy; errand boy
transformation; abnormality; sexual perversion; pervert; metamorphosis; transformation
to connect; to tie; to fasten; to transfer (phone call)
android; artificial human; robot
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
foul play (sport); breaking the rules; infringement; irregularity
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
to throw; to hurl; to give up; to abandon; to cast (a glance, shadow, doubt, etc.)
oneself (itself, etc.); I; me; you; by oneself (itself, etc.); interjection expressing anger or chagrin
close friend; bosom friend; buddy; crony; chum
to play with (a toy, one's hair, etc.); to fiddle with; to toy with (one's emotions, etc.); to trifle with; to do with something as one pleases; to appreciate
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
to take (someone) with one; to bring along; to go with; to be accompanied by
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
isn't it?; don't you think?; right?; surely; come on
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it?
hiss (esp. cat); sizzle; whoosh
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
really; truly; indeed; good grief
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
kind; gentle; considerate; generous; friendly; nice
second; number two; runner-up
pulmonary lobe; lobe of the lung
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
feces (esp. animal); excrement; dung
heave-ho; oops; yes; yeah
safe; in (of a ball, in tennis, etc.); all right; OK
expert; learned person; doctor; PhD; instructor at the imperial court (ritsuryo period); pitch and length marks (to accompany a Buddhist liturgical chant, etc.)