spring; spring (in one's legs); bounce; springboard; impetus
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
extreme; excessive; terrible; intense; severe; serious
wrong (guess or estimate); misdirected
behind others; losing out to others
six of one, half a dozen of the other; scant difference
appropriate; suitable; proper; fitting
to distort; to strain (interpretation); to force (meaning)
jumping to hasty conclusions; conjecture
funny; amusing; strange; odd; improper; unsuitable
Napoleon; napoleon (Japanese card game)
originally; essentially; naturally; in the first place; to begin with
dominion; territory; possession
vast; extensive; immense; huge; large; grand
to be jealous of; to envy; to begrudge
cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga
to point; to nominate; to select someone; to identify; to indicate; to play (a game of shogi)
to be careful; to pay attention; to take care
release (from custody); discharge; liberation; setting free; letting go; letting off
to slip into; to crawl into (under); to conceal oneself (under); to sneak into; to infiltrate
to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
close examination; careful investigation; investigation of a crime; inquiry into someone's guilt; winner (of the most rounds, i.e. a full game); (arch.) reciting and appreciating traditional poetry
to look away; to turn away
portrait; likeness; picture
going to war; departure for the front; departure for military service (in response to a draft)
wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza
appearance; figure; shape; form
to cater to another's wish; to accommodate; to be agreeable
to say; to tell; to state; to do
I'm afraid to say; I'm sorry to say; unfortunately
astonishing; amazing; surprising; wonderful
ignorance; covering; concealing; Mongolia
remote place; backcountry; the sticks; hinterland
outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state
repulse; repelling (e.g. the enemy); driving back
memory; recollection; remembrance; storage