to ascertain; to check; to make sure
obedient; gentle; meek; submissive; docile
still better; even better
tool; implement; means; furniture
pig (Sus scrofa domesticus); pork; fatso; fatty
mouse; rat; dark gray; dark grey; slate (color, colour)
to get cold feet; to back away; to withdraw
infantry; infantryman; foot soldier
preparation; provision; guarding
potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability
high and low; rise and fall
to reject; to repulse; to repel; to bounce back; to counterattack; to strike back
best regards; please remember me; please treat me favorably (favourably); please take care of
I thought so; I suspected as much; Just as I thought; Now you are talking; That's the spirit
direction of movement (motion); direction of travel (esp. train)
directly opposite; right in front
to shift; to slide (e.g. something away from something else); to move (e.g. something out of the way); to put off; to delay; to postpone
courage; bravery; valour; valor; nerve; boldness
severe; intense; awe-inspiring; biting; bitter (cold); piercing
splendid; praiseworthy; admirable; well done!; bravo!
course; route; course (of study); program; lane (in running, swimming, etc.); course (of action); policy
response (felt in the hands); resistance; reaction; response; effect
speed; velocity; pace; velocity
to clear; to make clear; to be unruffled; to look unconcerned; to look demure; to look prim
to dress stylishly; to joke; to play on words
funeral; burial rites; attendance at a funeral
contest of strength; trial of strength
master craftsman; skillful worker
Douglas; Dauglass; Donglass; Douglass
inscription; epitaph; (manufacturer's) engraved signature; motto; maxim
tax paid to avoid forced labor (ritsuryo period); tax in kind; mediocrity
attachment (esp. to things); love; affection
to give (as a gift); to present; to confer; to bestow; to award
extreme; terrible; absurd; unreasonable; fool; idiot
plain; plateau; tableland
to encourage to do (something); to urge a person on; to demand action; to spank; to give a spanking; to hit someone on the bottom
bolting upright; rearing up (horse)
to be on the verge; to be on the brink; to get close