shortcut; taking a shortcut; (keyboard) shortcut; short-cut hairstyle for women
flaw; defect; problem; inconvenient
to open up a path; to clear a path; to open up doors; to pave the way
dead end; blind alley; no through road (i.e. on signage); end; end of the road; end point
cavity; hollow; cave; hollow
ground; crust (earth); foundation (building, etc.); base; constituency; power base
chattering; talk; idle talk; chatty; talkative; chatterbox
tunnel; to tunnel (through a potential barrier); letting a grounder go through one's legs
to hit; to run into; to light on; to strike into; to come against; to deadlock
to return to normal; to revert to the starting point; to go back to how it was
to work too hard; to try too hard; to strain oneself; to overdo it; to go too far
pentagram (as used in divination, etc.)
Latin alphabet; Roman alphabet; romaji; romanized Japanese; system of transliterating Japanese into the Latin alphabet
slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)
to make a circle (of a motion, arrangement, etc.); to move (e.g. one's head) in a circle; to form (the shape of) a circle; to draw a circle
to be noisy; to be astir; to rustle; to murmur
shelf; ledge; rack; trellis
side; edge; beside; while (doing); in addition to; at the same time
cruel treatment; raw deal; kick in the pants
surgical method; operative method; surgical technique; technique; mechanism of a jutsu
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
to claim victims; to leave casualties
clear; transparent; clearing (a high-jump bar, hurdle, etc.); overcoming; getting through; clearing (the ball; in soccer); clearing (e.g. a checked box)
hair; fur; wool; down; plumage
to cave in; to become depressed; to sink
great success; big hit; (hitting the) jackpot; big win; being right on the mark (of a prediction); being bang on
group with a common interest (e.g. students); club (e.g. company sports club); circle; circle (shape)
summoning circle (esp. in fantasy fiction); magic circle
deficit; shortage; loss; being partially broken; being partially missing; being partially removed
disappearance; vanishing; loss; dying away; wearing off
beginning and end; doing something from beginning to end; being unchanged from beginning to end; from beginning to end; the whole time
being outstanding; excelling; being foremost
to picture; to come into one's mind; to remember
absence of permission; lack of permission; absence of (advance) notice; lack of notice
after; post; ex-; after the fact; ex post
embrace; hug; holding in one's arms
wisdom of age; sagacity of one's years; old-man's wisdom
clever; bright; sharp; wise; intelligent; sagacious