expansion and contraction; elasticity; flexibility
with no physical defects; in perfectly good health; sound in wind and limb
electronic device; electronic equipment; electronics
superior; special class; higher than A class; extraordinary
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
one side; one party; the other side; one (of a pair); the other (one); the mate
characteristic (of); peculiar (to)
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
with a click (e.g. camera shutter); with a snap
first words said (e.g. when meeting someone); first thing out of one's mouth; first speech; inaugural address; first tone (in Chinese); level tone
bitter (e.g. criticism); sharp; biting; severe; scathing; harsh
while; although; (but) on the other hand; at the same time; opposite side; other side
death; (an) out; death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation; most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
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)
losing everything; suffering a total loss; coming to nothing; (lit.) having lost the interest and the principal
huge; vast; enormous; swelling; expansion
vast; huge; immense; malva nut (Scaphium affine)
grand; far-reaching; ambitious
to collapse (of a building, dream, plan, etc.); to be destroyed; to fall through; to be completely defeated (in battle); to be wiped out; to be routed
most ominous; most sinister; most atrocious; most evil
nonsense; no meaning; meaningless
to try and draw someone out; to fish for information; (for a shrine maiden) to present water to spirits while invoking them; to offer water before a grave
seat (esp. in public places or places with assigned seating); seating
to lean against; to lean on; to recline on; to lie heavy (on the stomach); to be uneasily digested
cannot be compared (with); being no match (for)
to obtain; to come into possession of; to get hold of; to get one's hands on
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug; to have (a thought or feeling); to hold; to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.)
numerical value; figure; result; reading (on a meter, etc.)
to deify; to enshrine; to pray; to worship
offering (e.g. to the gods); votive offering
in that manner; like that
awesome; awe-inspiring; august; discourteous (to a superior); lacking due respect
approach (to a problem, issue, etc.); approach (of a long jump, aircraft's flight, etc.); inrun (of a ski jump); approach (to a building, mountain, etc.); approach shot
present age; present day; contemporary; modern era; modern times; contemporary era
to behave; to conduct oneself; to act; to treat (someone) to (food or drink); to entertain (e.g. to lunch)
to be perturbed; to be agitated