puzzling; tangled; complicated; complex
straight ball (pitch); direct (e.g. question); blunt
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
comparatively; relatively
loose; slack; gentle (slope, curve); slow (speed); lenient; liberal
suddenly; abruptly; unexpectedly
magnification; enlargement; expansion; amplification
surroundings; environs; circumference
being put off (by someone's words, behaviour, etc.); being taken aback; recoiling (in shock, disgust, etc.); zooming out or pulling the camera back to get a wider image (in film and TV)
to well (up); to gush forth (of water); to appear (esp. suddenly) (sweat, tears, etc.); to feel emotions from (joy, bravery, etc.); to hatch (esp. of parasitic insects, etc.)
to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with
unprecedented; never seen before
absurd; irrational; unreasonable; absurdity (philosophy)
sidelong glance; short grain (paper)
Yamagata (city, prefecture); mountain shape; chevron; cone
ring; circle; hoop; wheel; circle (e.g. of friends)
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
passion; enthusiasm; zeal
it is, isn't it?; I know, right?; innit?
endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint
to go around; to return; to surround; to concern (usu. of disputes)
to change completely; to change suddenly
to boil; to seethe; to roil (e.g. waterfall, torrent); to foam; to well up (of emotions); to overflow (e.g. fighting spirit)
to grow timid; to cower; to become perverse; to become contrary; to be cramped; to be constrained
wiping out; sweeping away; eradicating; dispelling
fighting stance; fighting pose
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
dispatch of troops; despatch of troops
terrific; fierce; terrible; tremendous; dreadful; awful
to beat fast (of one's heart); to flutter (with joy, anticipation, etc.); to throb; to pound; to palpitate
colour; color; complexion; skin colour; look (on one's face); expression; appearance
lightning; thunder; god of thunder; god of lightning; anger; fit of anger
to crouch; to squat; to cower
unable to fight (esp. in video games); unconscious; knocked out; dead
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to