situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
serious; severe; grave; acute
demon; devil; evil spirit; monster; goblin; apparition
traveller; traveler; wayfarer; tourist
payment; bill; sweeping; clearing away; sweeping stroke (e.g. when writing kanji)
teacher; master; religious leader; specialist; (arch.) five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou-dynasty Chinese army)
application; request; petition
samurai on horseback; (medieval) knight
to be no match for; to not hold a candle to
to hold back others from achieving success; to stand in the way of; to sabotage
swaying; swinging; rocking; shaking; wavering; flickering
anything and everything; from top to toe; from A to Z
falling far short (of); being far behind; being far inferior (to); being no match (for)
when push comes to shove; when needed; when necessity arises; when the moment arrives
reliable; trustworthy; hopeful; promising
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
handsome; shapely; clean-cut (features)
bright red; deep red; flushed (of face); downright (e.g. lie); complete; utter
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
to knock together; to strike against each other; to arrange (e.g. a meeting); to discuss (in advance)
to meet; to meet up; to rendezvous; to join (of roads, rivers, etc.); to flow together
to include (in a group or scope); to instruct; to make one understand; to include (a nuance); to put in (an implication); to put in (someone's) mouth
silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction
to doubt; to think (something is) doubtful; to wonder; to be suspicious
to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out
to pin down; to knock down; to push (and hold) somebody down (esp. with sexual connotations)
breath; breathing; tone; mood
to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged
heart; guts; nerve; central part
to gouge; to hollow out; to greatly perturb; to cause emotional pain; to get to the bottom of things; to relentlessly bring the truth to light
to fly around; to scatter
hard (on the ears); offensive (to the ear); rasping; rough; harsh; grating
some (at the start of a number in place of a digit)
with a snap; (break) cleanly; (rejecting) sternly; flatly; smartly; (dressing up) well
to nail; to knock; to bang (e.g. one's head); to throw (e.g. a rock); to fling
to trample down; to tread on; to ignore; to spurn