union; coalescence; amalgamation; copulation; penetration
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
tail (animal); tail end; tip
to wind around; to wrap around; to coil around
what; what kind of; no ...; any; adds emphasis to the preceding word; no
to spend time (on doing something)
success; passing (e.g. exam); eligibility
number (in a series); (one's) turn; watch; guard; rank; standing; bout
first year of high school; first-year high school student
then; and then; and; if so; because then; if that's the case
matryoshka; Russian nesting doll
unusual event; strange occurrence; strange phenomenon; something abnormal; change (for the worse); accident
to emboss; to print out; to print; to work out (e.g. policy); to hammer out; to strike (a drum indicating the end of a performance)
worthy of special mention
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
first move (in go, shogi, etc.); moving first; person with the first move; forestalling; (seizing the) initiative
convenient; favorable; favourable; expedient; expedience
to burn; to burn with (emotion, feeling); to be fired up
fall; drop; descent; coming down
caltrop (spiked device scattered to maim infantry and horses); calthrop; caltrap
ninja; person trained in ninjutsu and employed for covert purposes in feudal Japan
attitude; posture; preparedness; readiness
burden; load; responsibility; bearing (a cost, responsibility, etc.); shouldering
to consider carefully; to deliberate thoroughly; to think over
to discuss; to talk together
how long; how far; how much
route; path; channel (e.g. sales, distribution)
to perceive; to grasp (the situation)
one's weak point; one's sore spot; raw nerve
trouble; bother; number of moves (in go, shogi, etc.); number of punches (in boxing)
chance (of success); odds
going in the opposite direction; going against the wind; running or operating a machine in reverse (such as an electric motor)
to entrust (a matter) to; to leave to; to abandon oneself to (e.g. pleasure); to yield to (e.g. anger); to devote oneself to
to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie
to become (a state, condition, etc.)
which reminds me ...; come to think of it ...; now that you mention it ...; on that subject ...; so, if you say ...
to do for (the sake of someone else)
how can (one) do something
competent; suitable; qualified
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
to excel at; to be proficient at; to grow old; to ripen; to rise high (e.g. the sun)