amount of light; quantity of light
to go round and cut in; to take a roundabout path
to inhale; to breathe in; to suck up; to absorb; to soak up
sound; noise; acoustics; reverberation; echo; audio
to hold aloft (e.g. a sword); to brandish
responsibility; liability; blame; torture; torment; persecution
right side; right-hand side
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext
bizarre; strange; eccentric; odd; queer
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake
to be imminent; to loom; to be approaching; to be impending
heating power; thermal power; firepower
extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; annihilation
to graze (e.g. bullet); to scratch; to touch lightly; to take a percentage; to exploit; to squeeze
flesh; meat; flesh (of a fruit); pulp; the physical body (as opposed to the spirit); flesh; thickness
to melt; to thaw; to fuse; to dissolve
stiffening; rigidity; rigor; stiffness; ossification; petrification
cross; crossing; intersecting; cross (soccer)
to set free; to let go; to release; to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to let get away
busy; having no (free) time
sexual discrimination; sexism
wisdom; intellectual power; intelligence; mental capacity; brains
trial of strength; test of one's strength (stamina)
to challenge to (a fight, game, etc.); to throw down the gauntlet; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to attempt; to pressure (someone) for sex; to make advances to
to twist; to wrench; to puzzle over; to defeat easily
rubbish; trash; garbage; refuse
deep red; crimson; rouge; lipstick
white (bleached) bone; skeleton
shift; move; (work) shift; work schedule; gearshift; changing gears
podgily; plumply; thickly
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
precisely; exactly; plumb; damn; stupid; cursed
to pitch forward; to fall forward
to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)
eye measurement; measure with eye
central part; heart (of a city)
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
to trample down; to tread on; to ignore; to spurn
to resound; to echo; to reverberate