narrow; tight; formal; stiff; constrained; uncomfortable
operation; functioning; running
descent; fall; drop; decline; downturn; subsidence
transmission (e.g. news, chemical signals, electricity); communication; delivery; conveyance; transfer; relay
amplification (elec.); magnification; amplification; making larger
to decrease; to be reduced; to reduce; to lessen; to subtract; to deduct
to put someone to work; to make someone work
control (of a machine, device, etc.); control (over an opponent, one's emotions, etc.); governing; management
counter-current; adverse tide; regurgitation (of blood)
elastic band; rubber band
mouth with a protruding lower lip and jaw; socket; receiving window; slot
fall; decline; lowering; deterioration; degradation
what's the best thing to do?; what to do?
fiction; made-up story; fable; fabrication; myth
butcher's knife; chef's knife
chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus); domestic chicken; chicken meat
to cut up; to cleave; to spare (time, money, etc.); to use part of something; (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye
wooden; made of wood; wooden construction
disk; disc; tray; shallow bowl; grid; board (e.g. in shogi)
to approach; to draw near
surface of a board or record
flake; lamella (of bone); foil (of metal); flat, thin slice of a material
to scrape off; to shave off
cross-examination; close questioning; demanding an explanation
pitch; tone; time; tempo; mood; tendency
tall story; tall tale; cock-and-bull story
appropriate; suitable; proper; fitting
appropriate; suitable; fitting; apt; proper; right
thoughtless; rash; hasty; imprudent
staring (e.g. eyes); goggling; glaring
to retreat; to back off; to draw back; to step back; to shrink away
all one's power (strength, energy, efforts); one's utmost
but; however; even though; even if
to have one's heart stop beating; to be shocked; to be staggered
awkward (movements, speech, etc.); jerky; stiff; strained (relations); sour
soggy; soaked; crushed (out of shape); crumpled; messy; untidy
ramming attack; hurling oneself (at); throwing oneself into (e.g. a role); going all out
supplication; appeal; entreaty; petition
heartlessness; hardness of heart; coldheartedness; insentient; inanimate
spine; backbone; spinal column
fund-raising; collection of funds
to have one's hair stand on end