welcome (news); inviting; encouraging; tempting; hopeful
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
little more than; only slightly better than; almost the same as
autumn colours; fall colors; leaves turning red; red leaves; leaves turning yellow; yellow leaves; (Japanese) maple (Acer japonicum)
whirling; revolving; coiling around; winding around; working tirelessly; working hard
rotation (usu. around something); revolution; turning
how long; how far; how much
timely; opportune; conveniently; in good season
eerie; hair-raising; exaggerated; ostentatious
to creep up; to crawl up; to overcome (a bad situation); to rise (after a setback)
to go against; to fight against; to oppose; to resist; to deny
fast approach; quick intimacy
foreign substance; foreign body; strange object; unusual object; (arch.) dead body; (arch.) corpse
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
no wonder; little wonder; after all; as expected; which isn't surprising
ingredient; component; composition
affected part; diseased part; wound
bringing certain death; deadly; knockout (blow)
not only ... but also; in addition to; consequently
one's true worth; one's true self; what one is really made of
trouble; bother; number of moves (in go, shogi, etc.); number of punches (in boxing)
to slip into; to crawl into (under); to conceal oneself (under); to sneak into; to infiltrate
seven times; many times; seventh (interval)
to kill one's enemy (opponent)
to say a word; to say something; to speak briefly; to give a quick holler; to let (someone) know
humour; humor; safety; health; in a good mood; in high spirits
ability; competency; talent; skill; capacity
with a crunching or grinding sound; quickly; promptly; crispily; crunchily
even more; still more; further
advance guard; vanguard; avant-garde (e.g. music)
structure; construction; posture (e.g. in martial arts); pose; readiness; determination
forgetting; lapse of memory
to weigh on one's mind; to be worried about (something)
to challenge (esp. in a lawsuit); to take on an opponent (in negotiations, contest, etc.)
encouragement; spurring (on); cheering (on)
quick; speedy; prompt; rapid; swift