ambush; lying in wait for an ambush
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
viscous; mushy; muddy; dirty (with oil, grease, etc.); to be in an ugly state (of emotions, relations, etc.); to be murky
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
to settle; to finish; to bring to an end
antipodes; other (opposite) extreme; opposite; antithesis
creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring
with a clatter; with a rattle; (almost) empty; (mostly) vacant; raspy (voice); gravelly; with a gargle
representation; representative; exemplification; typification; leader; switchboard number
slowly (but steadily); gradually; irritatedly; impatiently; scorchingly (of the sun); sizzling (i.e. sound of frying in oil); sound of a warning bell, alarm clock, etc.
ought to do; have to do; must do; feel obliged to
willpower; energy; vitality
children's song; nursery rhyme
selection of music; song selection
first time; first; initial
to deal a blow in return; to hit back; to punch back; to reject; to send back
to rise (of smoke, steam, etc.); to go up
leaving as is; leaving alone; leaving unattended; neglecting; abandoning
moving about in confusion; going every which way; going this way and that
suicide attack; kamikaze attack
bubble; foam; froth; suds; lather; head (on beer)
to rush back; to run back
stubbornness; obstinacy; disposition; nature; appetite; desire
to be pretentious; to put on airs; to try to appear smart; to act brave; to try to look cool
different (quality, nature); heterogeneous
to push aside; to thrust aside; to brush aside; to reject; to remove; to take out
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
to be elegant; to be graceful; to be refined
finely chiseled (features)
manner of wearing clothes; way of dressing; way one dresses
slight; minor; trifling; considerable; proper; decent
upper stream; upper course; upstream; upper classes
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip off; to skin; to flay
low tone; bass; low voice
deep place; depths; depth; profundity
carrying voice; well-projected voice
halving; dividing (into two parts); bisection; the two equinoxes (vernal and autumnal)
feeling of transparency; sense of translucence; clear and unclouded feel (e.g. of a voice, skin, etc.); bright and limpid impression; transparency (of a process, activity, etc.); clarity of how things work
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary