bonnet; (car) hood; bonnet (hat)
puncture; flat tyre (tire); blowout; bursting; overflowing; being jammed (e.g. phone lines)
to claim lives; to cause deaths; to result in fatalities
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
ordinary person; run-of-the-mill people; John Doe; Jane Doe
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
distant future; inevitable future; places one goes to
saucepan; pot; stew; hot pot
to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to ward off; to avert; to put aside; to move out of the way
leather; leather-bound; leathern
to spill; to fall out of; to peek through; to become visible (although normally not); to escape (of a smile, tear, etc.)
ferocious; fierce; truculent; savage
to infuriate one's superior; to incur the anger of one's boss; to bring (a superior's) wrath down upon one; to incur the Imperial wrath; to offend the Emperor
for two people's eyes to meet; catching someone's eye; making eye contact; meeting a person's gaze
(arch.) sitting outdoors; room that served both as a reception room and as a living room in a Heian-period mansion; temporary sitting place installed in the garden at the imperial court, used on the occasion of archery or sumo ceremonies
(not) ever; (not) by any means; (not) in the least; (not) in any way; (not) at all
speed; velocity; pace; velocity
to spring at; to leap upon; to swoop down on; to throw oneself upon (e.g. an enemy)
lively; full of spirit; energetic; healthy; well; fit
dog (Canis (lupus) familiaris); squealer; rat; loser; asshole; counterfeit
rascal; villain; scoundrel; ruffian; crook
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
repulse; repelling (e.g. the enemy); driving back
to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)
My goodness!; Good lord!; Holy cow!
to rain incessantly; to downpour
to divide; to cut; to halve; to break; to crack; to dilute; to fall below
to dislocate one's back; to be unable to stand up due to fear or surprise
to worry about (someone's welfare or comfort); to feel anxious about; to have apprehensions of
cool; cool-looking; refreshing to look at
to feel depressed; to be down
lively; energetic; vigorously (jumping, flopping, etc.); piercing (e.g. sound); penetrating
on the contrary; far from it; if anything; in fact; instead