group; faction; (political) faction; wing; school (of thought, painting, etc.); sect
the Big Dipper (asterism); the Plough; the Plow
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
Chinese "star" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); Singapore
to crown; to cap; to prefix with; to start with; to begin with
secret technique; secret art
blink (of eyes); wink; twinkling (of stars); flicker (of light); blink (of light)
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
close attention; (watching with) keen interest
purple; violet; purple gromwell (Lithospermum erythrorhizon); red gromwell; soy sauce
-itis (indicating an inflammatory disease)
to house; to contain; to carry (a baby); to be pregnant; (arch.) to give lodging to; (arch.) to accommodate
ultrahigh speed; ultrafast
orbit; trajectory; (railroad) track; (right) track; proper course
to stretch larger; to enlarge (photos); to delay (e.g. the end of a meeting)
bodily sensation; feeling in the body; physical feeling; coenesthesia; cenesthesia; coenesthesis
being empty-handed; being penniless; having no capital (for starting a business)
superior; special class; higher than A class; extraordinary
having serious consequences; costing dearly; cannot get away with it; for free; for nothing; easily
to be imminent; to loom; to be approaching; to be impending
slight movement; slight tremor; quiver
to try to do; to attempt to do
nerve; nerves; sensitivity
tough; stubborn; determined; severely; heavily; hard
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
hand game (e.g. rock-paper-scissors)
to dislocate one's back; to be unable to stand up due to fear or surprise
being concerned about or mindful of
to smile (at); to grin (at)
until something reaches the very limit; until the very last minute; up to the breaking point
punch (with the fist); punching (a hole); hole punch; punch (drink); punch (in a song, speech, etc.); impact
to attract (to oneself, e.g. with bait or light); to draw close; to charm; to attract; to have a convulsion; to convulse
to go round and cut in; to take a roundabout path
(not) the slightest bit; (not) the least; (not) at all
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
hire (charge); rent; charge; fare; fee; freight
to pick out; to single out; to select; to extract; to draw out; to pull out
foot-operated bellows; foot bellows; traditional Japanese clay furnace for smelting iron (operated with large foot bellows); Tatara furnace
if; when; when it comes to ...; as for ...; why don't you ...; why not ...
-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as ...; expresses a command; (arch.) to be; (arch.) indicates completion or continuation of an action
equipping; installing; fitting; mounting; putting on
dumbfounded; speechless; flabbergasted; struck dumb with astonishment