tough; strong; stiff; tenacious
astounding; tremendous; crazy; exorbitant
to become better; to improve
United States men's Olympic basketball team
five characters; five letters; five-syllable verse of a waka, haiku, renga, etc.; first five syllables of a waka, haiku, renga, etc.
so; therefore; for that reason; if so; if that is the case; in that case
seeming to want to say something; looking like one wants to give one's opinion
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to act as innocent
open; public; overt; free; unreserved; uninhibited
average height; average body height
(on) land; ground; shore; track-and-field events
Europeans and Americans; Westerners
to be complicated; to be elaborate; (arch.) to push in; (arch.) to be crowded
gambling; gaming; speculation; undertaking a risky venture; (arch.) professional gambler; (arch.) gamester
fraud; trickery; hoax; swindle; counterfeit; fake
facing; opposite; across the street; other side
unable to read the situation; unable to pick up on the mood (e.g. of a conversation)
sculpture; carved statue; graven image
yesterday and today; only recently; just recently; only yesterday
poor; pitiful; piteous; pitiable
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
(one's) older brother; young man; sonny; lad
to wonder; to puzzle oneself about; to feel anxious about; to suspect; to doubt
idea; thought; discretion; forgiveness; pardon
wife; bride; (one's) daughter-in-law
the whole day; all the day
to determine (esp. a culprit or underlying cause); to pin down; to ascertain; (arch.) to stab to death
generally; in the main; (more or less) everything; all parts; ordinary; usual
faint; indistinct; dim; (arch.) few; (arch.) a little
seed leaves (of a dicot); cotyledons; bud; early stages; very beginning
to let dry; to kill (vegetation); to season (lumber)
to be affected; to be theatrical; to be pompous
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
look who's talking; you're one to talk; you can talk
quite a chore; not that easy; fairly difficult