to twist; to screw; to wrench; to sprain
to smoke; to smoulder; to be sooty; to be smoke-stained; to smoulder (e.g. a dispute); to smolder
long (time that has passed); old (story)
troublesome; annoying; complicated
successfully; fairly; artfully; nicely; completely; thoroughly
skillfully; admirably; really well; excellently
funny; comical; humorous; ridiculous; silly; absurd
to drink; to swallow; to smoke (tobacco); to swallow up; to engulf; to suppress (one's anger, bitter feelings, etc.); to keep down
to cut corners; to be shoddy; to slack off; to play a tenuki; to tenuki
elementary level; beginner level
to be imminent; to loom; to be approaching; to be impending
abdominal muscles; abs; sit-up (exercise)
premature; untimely (e.g. death); early
high-speed; rapid; express; highway; freeway; expressway
to push (something) out; to jut out (can have a negative nuance); to protrude; to rise out the trap door (on stage)
atmosphere; air; magnanimous; generous; large-hearted
to crush; to squash; to flatten; to quash (a plan, opposition, etc.); to crush; to suppress
another; different; separate; discrete
spine; backbone; spinal column
with a crack; with a cracking sound; with one's veins about to burst (from pent-up anger)
accursed; damned; blasted
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
so much (something) as to (e.g. so moved as to cry); overwhelmed; carried away; because of too much
to get entangled in; to be involved in; to be embroiled in; to get mixed up in
given the situation; now that it has come to this; if it comes to this
looking or acting as if one owned the place
war situation; progress of a battle
to use all one's strength (ability)
to exterminate; to eradicate; to wipe out; to let (fire) go out; to let die (e.g. flowers); to run out of
to torment; to harass; to tease; to extort; to shake down; to demand money
to shave off; to scrape off
exposed; scanty; bare; public; open