inferiority (e.g. numerical); inferior position; disadvantage; unfavorable situation; unfavourable situation
father; father (e.g. of a discipline); pioneer (e.g. of field of research); God; Father
missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown
to brace oneself; to focus one's energies; to focus one's mind
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
immediate; prompt; quick; rapid; urgent; pressing
request; commission; entrusting (with a matter); dependence; reliance
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid
descent; fall; drop; decline; downturn; subsidence
(arch.) poor; (arch.) unskillful; (arch.) clumsy; I; me
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
what's what; heads or tails
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
right under; directly below; right beneath
sudden; abrupt; unexpected; unforeseen
to attack; to assail; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit
floatingly; driftingly; softly; gently; restlessly; uncertainly
causing concern; (lit.) bad for the heart
firmly; solidly; sturdily; strongly; toughly
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to
accomplice; conspirator; cohort
to groan; to moan; to roar; to howl; to hum (engine, wind, etc.); to buzz; to ooh and aah (in admiration)
night chat; tale told at night; evening tea party (starting around 6pm)
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
to shake; to jolt; to shake (e.g. the political world); to disturb; to put off a batter (by varying one's type of pitch)
very loose; slowly; leisurely
to advance (spatially); to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to move ahead (e.g. of work); to intensify
place; location; room; space; sumo tournament
high-rise (building); multistory; multistoried; high (altitude); upper (atmosphere, air current, etc.)
gravel; ballast; pebbles; child; rugrat; ankle-biter
pine tree (Pinus spp.); highest (of a three-tier ranking system)
to come near; to let someone approach; to bring near; to bring together; to deliver (opinion, news, etc.); to send (e.g. a letter); to let someone drop by
wave; billow; ups and downs; (something) advancing step by step; (something) surging forward inopposably; tendency
anchorage; anchoring; mooring
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)
each time; every time; whenever (something happens); on the occasion of
at one's feet; underfoot; gait; pace; most recent; current
ripple; ring on the water; repercussions; Japanese slit drum; instrument made of iron with slits on top; makes a rippling sound