birth date; date of birth; DOB
passing through (a tunnel, station, town, etc.); passing by (e.g. of a typhoon); passage (of a bill, e.g. through parliament); carriage; passing (an examination, inspection, etc.); clearing
different person; another person; someone else; changed man
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
part; assigning (allotment of) parts; role; duties
radio (communication); wireless; not using wires
to make good one's escape; to get away; to outrun; to hold on (and win); to win narrowly
to disappear; to vanish; to abscond; to decamp
holiday house; vacation home; villa; prison; jail
place that is cool in the summer; place one goes to escape the heat of summer; summer retreat
corner; section; one horn; narwhal (Monodon monoceros)
binoculars; field glasses
reading; reading (of a kanji, esp. kun reading); reading (e.g. of a situation); insight
impatience; uneasiness; irritation; fretfulness
to turn one's face; to turn around; to look over one's shoulder
metre; meter; meter; gauge
forgetting; lapse of memory
gaining time; stalling for time; time-buying
scaffold; scaffolding; foothold; footing; foothold (e.g. in business); foundation
to kick into the air; to kick up; to kick from below
acceleration; speeding up
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)
many; numerous; various; large number of
standing facing each other (e.g. mountains, buildings); standing opposite each other; confrontation; squaring off against (adversaries, armies, forces); standing off against
to fall over; to fall down; to fall; to flop (e.g. of a play); to be a flop
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
relief; embossed carving; bringing to the fore; throwing something into relief
to project; to stick out; to stand out
death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out
remembering; recollection; recall; to remember; to recall; to recollect
to tremble violently; to shudder up; to shake
stepping back; drawing back
to laugh at; to ridicule; to mock; to make fun of; to sneer at
from the beginning; from the first; all along; of course