initial response (e.g. to a crisis); action in the earliest stages; initial shock (of an earthquake); preliminary tremor
to become better; to improve
maneuver (usu. of military force); manoeuvre; mobile; nimble; agile
revival (e.g. musical); come-back; restoration; rebirth; resurrection
physical properties; properties of matter; physicality
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
inconvenient; inexpedient; unfavourable; wrong; improper; objectionable
sometimes; at intervals; occasionally; on occasion; from time to time
blue; azure; green; pale; gray; unripe
narrow; small; confined; narrow-minded; intolerant
valley; ravine; cleavage (breasts); slum
to reach; to get to; to arrive at
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
furthermore; adding to the above-mentioned; not quite; not very good; lacking
to lie on top of each other; to overlap; to pile up
face; surface; mask (esp. a noh or kyogen mask)
explosion; detonation; eruption; eruption (of discontent, etc.); outburst; outpouring
to divide; to cut; to halve; to break; to crack; to dilute; to fall below
scattered; disperse; loose; disconnected; in pieces; in drops
war; battle; match; game; competition
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up
to beat (e.g. eggs); to whip (e.g. cream); to whisk; to lather
absurd; unreasonable; excessive; very; extremely; excessively
to mow down; to cut down; to knock down; to defeat; to beat
to push into; to cram into; to stuff into; to break in; to burgle; to burglarize
base (logarithmic, exponential, number system); radix; base (triangle, cone, cylinder, etc.); type; kind
outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough
(within a) territory; domains
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral
to pass (of time); to elapse