official name; formal name
reason; cause; history; origin
underground; subterranean
perforation; punching; boring; drilling
surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
coming and going; keeping in touch; visiting each other; street traffic; highway
which (of three or more); well; now; c'mon
out of bounds; beyond the pale
to jar; to creak; to grate
to decide; to determine; to establish; to lay down; to bring peace (to); to make peaceful
potential; latent faculties; potential capacities
inevitable; necessary; foregone; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
long sword (esp. the tachi, worn on the hip edge down by samurai); large sword; straight single-edged Japanese sword (from the mid-Heian period or earlier); guandao; Chinese glaive
groan; moan; roar; growl; buzz; hum (e.g. motor)
to cling to; to hold on to; to grapple; to set about doing; to begin; to take hold of
to take someone (to some place); to take someone along; to lead someone away
in the end; after all is said and done; (lit.) when the striped mullet is fully grown
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
width; breadth; freedom (e.g. of thought); latitude; gap; difference (e.g. in price)
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
ramming attack; hurling oneself (at); throwing oneself into (e.g. a role); going all out
to shake (from fear, cold, excitement, etc.); to shudder; to tremble
meandering; snaking; zigzagging
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
to shave off; to scrape off
completely; all the way; altogether; bodily
dripping wet; soaked; drenched
talent; gift; function; noh (theatre)
to be wildly different; to be on a completely different scale; to be in a different league; to be poles apart; to stand no comparison; (lit.) to be on a different order of magnitude
appearing in unexpected places and at unexpected moments; elusive; phantom
suicidal act; self-destroying action; suicidal action
to balance; to be in harmony; to be in equilibrium; to suit; to go well together; to be a good match
original; unique; distinctive; independent; one's own; personal
disaster; calamity; misfortune; trouble; woes
advance warning; previous notice; announcement; herald; harbinger; forerunner
to deduct; to take away; to make allowances for something; to bear something in mind; to ebb and flow
most; highest; maximum; best; wonderful; finest