aah!; ooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
reversal; return; return gift; return favour (favor); barb (on a fishing hook); mixture of soy sauce, sugar and mirin
causing concern; (lit.) bad for the heart
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
fight; fighting spirit; fight!; do your best
very; extremely; exceedingly; top; highest; best
a matter of course; what is to be expected; par for the course
book; volume; this; present; main; head
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
alternately; by turns; one after the other
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
structure; construction; arrangement; plan; plot; contrivance
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together; both
to sharpen; to grind; to whet; to hone; to make keen
defense; defence; safeguard; protection
to shave off; to scrape off
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
pure; true; genuine; unmixed
to be sticky; to be adhesive; to persevere; to persist; to stick to
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
to pluck off (esp. by twisting); to pick; to break off; to wrest (away from); to wrench free; to snatch (away)
huge; vast; enormous; swelling; expansion
energy; energy; strength; energy source; energy resource; food energy
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
confident; assured; self-assured; bullish (e.g. market)
to push into; to cram into; to stuff into; to break in; to burgle; to burglarize
he; she; this; this one; Hey, you!; You bastard!
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
counter for flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper); (arch.) counter for positions or roles; (arch.) counter for food portions (now only gyōza and soba); counter for ranking level
decoy (for hunting); stool; lure; decoy; stool pigeon
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
trickling (of water); flickering (of fire); darting about (e.g. a small animal); scampering about
to feel irritated; to feel offended; to feel angry; to feel sick; to feel nauseous
to act violently; to rage; to struggle; to be riotous
eccentric; crank; oddball
goddamn idiot; moron; nitwit
time; thyme; time out (e.g. in sport)
way (of doing); manner; method; means
to take; to catch; to capture
easy victory; walkover; easy peasy; child's play; cakewalk
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind
stand; rack; support; holder; counter for machines, incl. vehicles; setting (e.g. in jewellery); level (e.g. price level)
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK