till; to; concerning (an area of expertise); swearing by (one's sword, God, etc.)
ingenious; skillful; clever; deft
quarrel; dispute; argument
sharpness; cutting ability; quickness (of wit); incisiveness; peppiness (of a ball)
to forestall; to beat to the punch; to anticipate; to play the first move (e.g. in go)
control; restraint; suppression; constraint; curtailment; inhibition
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause
to expose; to lay open (e.g. secret); to take apart; to disassemble; to kill; to murder; to dress (meat)
to knock together; to strike against each other; to arrange (e.g. a meeting); to discuss (in advance)
to pass (the night); to spend; to reveal; to divulge; to prove; to verify
reveal of how a trick is done; disclosure of a secret (cause, source, etc.); exposure; explanation
absurd; foolish; stupid; silly; nonsense; ludicrous
as a matter of fact; to tell the truth
knowledge; awareness; consent; acceptance; forgiving; pardoning
to ascertain; to make sure of; to determine; to probe; to get to the bottom (of something)
bet; wager; stake; gamble
letting (someone) die without helping
error; mistake; fault; sin; wrongdoing; offense
the last moment; the very end
to delay; to postpone; to put off; to slow down; to hold up; to retard
feeling; sensation; mood; sensation of doing
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
random; by chance; haphazard; hit-or-miss; unplanned
devastating; catastrophic; crushing
serious look (on one's face); straight face
a little bit; a little while
whether one likes it or not; inevitably; unavoidably; compulsorily; by force
and then; and so; and; so then
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence
bad move (in chess, shogi, etc.)
lack of self-reliance; depending on others
figure of a person; figures of people; shadow of a person
awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained
to be flabbergasted; to be dumbfounded
(one's) gaze; direction in which one is looking; point of view; standpoint; line covering someone's eyes (in an edited photograph)
to knock (someone) to their feet; to knock down; to send flying; to strike; to drive away (one's sorrows, worries, etc.); to dispel
year in, year out; always; 24-7
to be opposite; to face each other; to confront (an issue); to face
horn; antler; antenna; feeler; horn-like projection (e.g. peaks of whipped cream)
to apply (a rule); to be applicable; to come under (a category); to fulfill; to hold true
lovely; dear; beloved; pitiable; pathetic; piteous
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
to deliver; to forward; to send; to report; to notify; to file notice (to the authorities)
to use one's influence; to pull strings; to take measures; to make the necessary preparations