to be better (than); to be superior; to surpass; to excel; to be excellent
satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client
backwater; (arch.) standing with one's back to water (river, lake, etc.)
neighborhood; neighbourhood; vicinity; environs; surrounding area; district
to entice; to tempt; to invite someone to join in
structure; construction; posture (e.g. in martial arts); pose; readiness; determination
speed; velocity; pace; velocity
water (esp. cool or cold); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
to thrust down; to push off
tsk tsk; oh-oh; huh; what's that?
information; experience; knowledge; observation
errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit; use
tearing up and discarding (e.g. documents); destruction; annulment; cancellation; reversal (of an original ruling on appeal); quashing
to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon
proper; respectable; decent; (arch.) entirely; (arch.) completely; (arch.) wholly
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
to break; to fracture; to fold; to bend; to make (origami); to interrupt
one night; all night; overnight; one evening
whole year; entire year; n-th year anniversary
commemoration; celebration; remembrance; memento; souvenir; keepsake
good-looking guy; handsome man; hunk; Adonis; cool guy
baseball player; ballplayer
passionate love; ardent love; devotion
to jump in; to leap in; to plunge into; to burst in; to barge in
each newspaper; every newspaper
Seibu Lions (Japanese pro baseball team)
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside; aside
connection; link; relationship
to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone
someone; a certain person
preliminary contest; qualifying round; trial; preliminary selection; screening (e.g. of applicants); provisional election
bursting; rupture; explosion; breakdown (of talks, negotiations, etc.); breaking off
search (esp. for someone or something missing); manhunt; legally authorized search of a person, building, etc.
to chip (off); to shave off; to sharpen; to dampen (one's enthusiasm, interest, etc.); to reduce
noted doctor; excellent physician
great; grand; magnificent; outstanding; mighty
oversight; omission; something overlooked; thing left unnoticed
figure of a person; figures of people; shadow of a person