bed; bedding; sickbed; alcove; riverbed; seedbed; straw "core" of a tatami mat
evacuation; withdrawal; revocation; repeal; retreat
high voltage; high pressure
to pull the trigger; to squeeze the trigger
electric shock; blitz; lightning attack; sudden and without warning; shocking
stripe; streak; striation
poison fang; sinister ways; crooked means; clutches
yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it?
backhand blow; backhand chop; backfist (karate)
to go through (e.g. a wall); to penetrate; to punch (a hole, pattern, etc.); to stamp out (e.g. a coin); to remove (partitions between rooms); to join (multiple rooms) into one
rope; cord; policeman's rope
absent-mindedly; absently; idly; blankly; vacantly
strong and weak points; likes and dislikes; strengths and weaknesses
to assign; to allot; to allocate; to divide among; to distribute; to prorate
end; final; end of life; death; never; not at all
earth (color, colour); earthen; ashen; deathly pale
place for dancing; dance floor; landing (of a staircase); leveling off (e.g. in the economy); cooling off
at any rate; in any event; either way; anyway
to stop (someone) by throwing one's arms around them; to catch (someone) in one's arms; to hold (someone) back
retailing; repeating (someone else's words, opinion, etc.); parroting; echoing
encouragement; cheering (someone) up; restoring (someone) to consciousness; bringing (someone) around; restorative; stimulant
punishment (of children); spanking; smacking; criminal punishment (esp. execution; Edo period)
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
to pick up; to pick out (e.g. key points in an article); to single out; to point out
emergency measures; urgent countermeasures
to say something is all right; to give the all-clear (e.g. to do something)
incompetence; laziness; worthlessness; good-for-nothing; loser; weakling
to add (one thing to another); to add (a few more words, an explanation, etc.)
volley firing; fusillade; broadside
to shift (something) from one hand to the other; to carry in a different way; to change one's grip (on); to exchange (what one is holding for something else)
comma; decimal point; radix point
to misread; to read wrongly; to misinterpret
end (of life); death; demise; (peacefully) spending one's final years
various places; several sources
to recover; to rally; to improve; to carry in a different way; to change one's grip (on); to shift (a bag, etc.) from one hand to the other
spring (device); spring (in one's legs); bounce; springboard; impetus
to be struck by a chance blow; to be embroiled in; to be caught up in; to be dragged into
spine; backbone; spinal column
common soldier; private; rank and file; small fry; underling
wastepaper; scrap of paper; paper scraps