acknowledgement; acknowledgment; understanding; approval; consent
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
to erase; to drown out (e.g. a voice); to make disappear
to pick up; to gather; to find (and pick up; something someone has dropped); to select; to choose; to get (unexpectedly); to hit upon (luck, an opportunity, etc.)
to listen repeatedly; to listen again; to ask a question in return; to ask again; to ask for a repeated explanation
one's junior; younger generation; next generation; moving backwards; backing up; reversing
(mental) attitude; way of thinking; attention; care; prudence; intention
to have something on one's mind; to have (undisclosed) reservations; to feel conflicted
(mental) agony; anguish; suffering; distress
to enliven (e.g. a conversation); to animate; to engage in enthusiastically; to become successful and well known
to swell (out); to expand; to be inflated; to get cross; to get sulky; to pout
half-moon; half a month; semicircle
form; shape; state; condition; letter; correspondence
to grow; to cultivate; to let grow (e.g. weeds)
lower half of the body; nether parts
comfortable; easy; calm; loose; spacious
kapow; bang; bulging; filled to bursting; prostitute (catering to Occupation soldiers in Japan after WWII)
to swell up; to bulge; to swell (of a budget, population, etc.); to increase significantly; to balloon
cruel; brutal; savage; barbarous
gap; difference; disparity; discrepancy
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement
transfiguration; transformation; change of appearance
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
cutting in two with a single stroke; taking decisive action; dealing with decisively; cutting the (Gordian) knot
right in front; just opposite; under the nose
advance warning; previous notice; prior announcement; herald; harbinger; forerunner
pointed end; tip; point; forefront; vanguard; spearhead
forktail bullhead (species of catfish, Pelteobagrus nudiceps)
to mash; to grind; to pulverize; to dissipate (a fortune); to run through; to lose
timid; weak-kneed; fainthearted; bearish
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
material; substance; matter
to wear (multiple layers of clothes); to wear underneath; to dress up (esp. in formal clothes); to attire oneself (in); to break in (through repeated wearing); to wear in
to throw up (e.g. mud); to splash (up); to flip up; to tip up; to raise sharply (e.g. prices); to hike
to be honest; to be frank; honestly; if you want to know the truth