(verbal) message; word (from someone)
marker (pen); marker (object); scorekeeper (esp. in golf); marker
to notify; to advise; to inform
structure; construction; arrangement; plan; plot; contrivance
the nth ...; divisions of a kabuki performance
to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner
to ask again; to repeat one's question; to ask back; to ask in return; to counter
timewise; temporal; chronal
it cannot be that ...; it is highly unlikely that ...; it is impossible that ...
nonaggressive defense (policy) (defence)
to make it a principle to ...; to aim at doing
tendency; trend; inclination
line-up (of players, products, etc.); lineup
a piece; a scrap; a fragment; iota; modicum; trace
cloudiness; cloudy weather; fog (on a mirror, glasses, etc.); cloud (e.g. in marble); gloom; dejection
to look downwards (at); to lower one's gaze; to drop one's eyes
uneasy; unsure; unreliable; untrustworthy; (arch.) nervous; (arch.) impatient
defense; defence; protection
to call; to summon; to send for; to call together
guest appearance in a film or play through a friend; special appearance
well; properly; best regards; please remember me; just like ...; as though one were ...
handshake; reconciliation; joining hands; cooperation
passage; pathway; roadway; avenue; aisle
battle formation; military formation
cave; cavern; den; grotto
staring-out (down) game; game in which two children looking at each other try to make the opponents laugh first; constant looking at something (e.g. the computer screen, the clock)
to be tired of waiting; to wait impatiently
to attack all in a bunch; to attack all at once
branch; bough; limb; twig; sprig; spray
gaining time; stalling for time; time-buying
to act as an opposite; to form a counterpart; to act as a twin
point below the navel (a focus point for internal meditative techniques)
to knead well; to polish; to refine
spherical; globular; globe-shaped
person who clears the way for a high-ranking person, procession, etc.; outrider; opening performer; sumo wrestler who leads a yokozuna at his ring-entering ceremony
to knock down; to utterly defeat
heat shimmer; heat haze; shimmering of hot air