authority; expert; counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.; understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; supernatural powers
top of the head; crown of the head
according to; reads; reading; is written; says; states
being clearheaded; having a keen (sharp, brilliant) mind
while; during (the time when)
bulky; massive; thick; heavy
to finish reading; to read through
to gouge; to hollow out; to bore; to excavate; to scoop out
to easily defeat; to eat (one's opponent) alive; to bilk; to swindle; to dupe
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
uppercase letter; capital letter; large character; large writing; the (kanji) character "dai" meaning "big"; huge character "dai" formed by fires lit on the side of a mountain in Kyoto on August 16 each year
great disaster; horrible tragedy; catastrophe; catastrophic event; catastrophic incident; dire calamity
disappointing (end, result, etc.); sad; miserable; tragic; fleeting; transient
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
the last moment; the very end
confidential; secret; classified
item; something that one "just has to have"
cannon (esp. high-velocity artillery)
hitting the target; striking home; proving to be right; coming true; being on the mark
clear; obvious; evident; bright; light
reaction; response; reaction
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
permission; approval; authorization; to permit; to authorize
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
that's the way it is; such is life
to take out; to carry out; to bring out from where it belongs; to mention something; to broach a topic; to bring up (a subject)
how about ...?; I wonder; I don't know
sly; cunning; sneaky; miserly; mean; stingy
to close one's eyes; to lower one's eyelids; to shut one's eyes; to die; to breathe one's last
Western painting; Western film; Western movie
to smash; to break into pieces
opposite; opposition; versus; vs.; to (e.g. "winning a game five to three"); equal footing
ultrahigh speed; ultrafast
level; standard; level (plane); floor; spirit level; (surveyor's) level
self-sacrifice; self-renunciation
emergency; extraordinary; unusual
to hurt one's reputation; to be ashamed of oneself; to lose one's honour