to boil (something in hot water); to treat with medicinal steam (a swelling, etc.)
to go under; to pass under; to dive (into or under the water); to evade; to get around; to survive
gate; branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master; division; phylum; counter for cannons
peak; summit; ridge; back of a blade
castle (in place names); castle; fortress
to carve; to engrave; to sculpt; to tattoo
to pass (by) each other; to brush past; to miss (meeting) each other; to fail to meet; to be at odds; to clash
quickly; calmly; intently
storey; story; stairs; stage (in chronostratigraphy); counter for storeys and floors of a building
combination; union; incorporation; congruence
here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
depressed; bummed out; down; heavy-hearted; heavy-spirited; feeling reluctant (to do)
three-way junction; three-way intersection
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
sneakily; secretly; stealthily; on the sly
to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake
average (normal, ordinary) year; every year; annually
to look forward to something
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
role of a villain (film, drama, etc.); bad-guy role; social outcast role
hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)
defeat; lost battle; losing a war
with; by; because of; on account of; on (a day, date); at (a time); adds emphasis to preceding word
creeping at night into a woman's bedroom; stealing into a girl's bedroom at night to make love; sneaking visit
project; enterprise; business; (arch.) act; (arch.) deed; (arch.) conduct
thump-thump; bang-bang; pit-a-pat; to beat fast (of one's heart); to throb; to pound
seal (used in lieu of a signature); stamp; chop
in a crowd; ganging up (on); joining forces
to pile up; to heap up; to stir up; to enliven; to bring to a climax
minus; negative (quantity); deficit; disadvantage; drawback; negative (ion, pole, growth, image, effect, etc.)
company; corporation; workplace
stock company; corporation; kabushiki kaisha; KK
even so; all the same; nevertheless; yes, but ...