canopy; dome; priestly minstrel's reed hood; reed hood worn by Komuso priests
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
diamond; diamond; infield; diamonds (suit)
(not) very; (not) so; (not) very much; (not) particularly; (not) especially
effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)
easily; readily; with ease; without trouble
to be injured; to sustain a wound
to carry on one's back; to bear; to take (responsibility); to assume; to suffer (an injury); to sustain (a wound)
gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; irritating; troublesome; heavy (weather); cloudy
to blurt out; to let slip; to say inadvertently; to come out with (e.g. nonsense)
to enlist as a supporter; to win over to one's side; to gain as one's ally
to look as if one is important; to swagger around
to act as one pleases; to throw one's weight around; to have everything one's own way; to grow freely (e.g. of weeds)
too terrible to look at; unbearable to look at
brawny; muscular; impressive; gigantic
to become misty; to become hazy; to get blurry; to grow dim; to be overshadowed; to be upstaged
thigh; buttocks; arse; ass
nape of the neck; back of the neck; scruff of the neck
ridge (in field); row of raised earth when planting crops; rib (cloth, mountains, sea); cord (e.g. corduroy)
to melt (steel, etc.); to liquefy; to soften; to melt (one's heart); to disarm
invincible; unrivaled; unrivalled; matchless; unbeatable; undefeatable
tire track; traces of a person or thing; path one has taken; locus
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pitch (e.g. in baseball); pile (of noodles, etc.)
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
to face (each other); to be facing; to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to receive (a client, etc.); to compare with
control; restraint; suppression; constraint; curtailment; inhibition
(practical) application; putting to practical use; applied (e.g. physics, linguistics, research)
step (of a staircase, etc.); running board (of a bus, train); step (movement); pace; (dance) step; step (in a process)
to form; to make; to build up (e.g. a fortune); to create; to accomplish; to achieve; to change (into)
to spend time (on doing something)
glaring at; scowling at; looking contemptuously at; frowning down upon; domineering with a coercive look
to scoff; to laugh at; to make fun of; to ridicule; to jeer at
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say everything; to tell all
attack; attack (on a difficult task); tackling; making an assault (on a summit); attack