scrap lumber; piece of wood
swim ring; swimming ring; life buoy; life belt; life preserver; lifesaver
to sink (e.g. a ship); to submerge; to lower (e.g. one's body into a chair); to floor (an opponent)
the scruff or nape of the neck
opening (in a game of go, chess, etc.); early stages; initial phase; outset
rapidly (e.g. progress, moving forward); growing visibly; quickly; steadily; by leaps and bounds
to move forward; to move on
here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up
to push (a thing) out; to jut out (can have a negative nuance); to protrude; to rise out the trap door (on stage)
mark; target; object; subject; point (e.g. of argument)
flat; even; level; plain (speech, etc.); simple
to begin shooting; to shoot out
shooting; firing; emitting; ejection; projection; injection
coming flying in (migratory birds, airborne sand, pollen, etc.); coming by airplane
shuriken; small throwing blade; throwing star
to stick into; to pierce; to run into
to be buried; to be covered; to overflow; to be crowded; to be repaid (e.g. debt); to be replenished
cover (of a book, magazine, etc.); binding; appearing on the cover of a magazine
to have one's attention attracted (caught); to be preoccupied with
spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone
surging waves; raging billows; turbulent; tempestuous; tumultuous
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
hail (e.g. of bullets); barrage; storm; rain and hail
ace up one's sleeve; trump card; basic melody (esp. on koto and shamisen); proper move (in go, shogi, etc.); appropriate move; expert
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
leaving a decision to someone else (often of a meal to be selected by the chef); omakase
to fly about; to flutter about; to flit about; to fly past each other
iron sand; magnetite sand
change; modification; alteration; revision; amendment
standing in a row; forming a line; alignment
extensive; vast range; wide scope
conclusion; resolution; gathering and bundling; convergence; focusing (e.g. light); convergence
front part; frontage; facade; initial pledge (e.g. election); opening slogan
development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape)
two (long cylindrical things)
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake
round-up (e.g. of criminals); wholesale arrest; catching the whole herd with one throw