of uncertain meaning; ambiguous; cryptic; nonsensical; incomprehensible; perplexing
in an instant; in a flash; right away; immediately
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
to straddle; to sit astride; to mount; to extend over; to spread over; to span
nakedness; nudity; bareness; nakedness; being penniless; concealing nothing
to become fine (of fabric); to be checkmated; to be hard pressed; to be at a loss
acceleration; speeding up
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
to be placed on; to be set on; to be piled on; to appear (in print); to be mentioned; to be recorded
ruins (of a building, town, etc.); remains
horse; horse racing; promoted bishop
to concern; to be related
battlefield; battleground
searching; rummaging; (arch.) fishing; (arch.) collecting shells
nonexistent; nil; none; nothing (at all); bugger-all
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
to need; to call for; to require
disaster; accident; shipwreck; distress
to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to ward off; to avert; to put aside; to move out of the way
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
historic ruins (remains, relics); archeological site
to take refuge in; to succeed in running away
department (in an organization); division; club; part; component; category
exposure; laying bare; baring (e.g. skin); (photographic) exposure
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
only natural; no wonder; as expected; of course; as it should be
to let something (or somebody) go past; to do too much
disappearance; vanishing; loss; dying away; wearing off
to hold (someone) down; to pin down; to wrestle to the ground
to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
upper half of the body; upper body
to peel; to skin; to pare; to hull; to bare (e.g. fangs); to open wide (e.g. eyes)
to pin down; to knock down; to push (and hold) somebody down (esp. with sexual connotations)
to have sex; to have a physical relationship
ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); very
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
very; much; greatly; a lot of
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)
reading in a monotone; reading a Chinese classical text without translating it into Japanese
to say; to spatter; to prate; to prattle; to babble