expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
chest; breast; breasts; bosom; heart; lungs; stomach
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
No Entry; No Trespassing; No Admittance; off-limits; restricted; forbidden
to become locked; to lock
to look after; to take care of; to be put in charge of; to be given responsibility for; to withhold (an announcement); to reserve (judgment)
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
accessories; small articles; minor character; small fry; weak one
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
in advance; beforehand; previously; ahead of time
why; how; for what reason
is it?; isn't it?; be; is
uninterested; unconcerned; plain; light; flowing gently
oversight; omission; something overlooked; thing left unnoticed
the opposite direction; the other way
to cut into (a conversation); to interject
close; intimate; on good terms
very likely; very probable
to be scattered about; to disperse; to be littered (with)
one (thin, flat object); one sheet
magic; Magic Marker; felt-tip pen; magic number
rough; wild; rude; harsh; gruff; violent
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
exterior; outside; outer; external; lateral
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
precipitous; rugged; inaccessible; grim; severe; stern
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug; to have (a thought or feeling); to hold; to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.)
to fall; to drop; to set (of the sun or moon); to sink; to decrease (of popularity, quality, speed, sales, etc.); to fall; to be inferior (to)
clear; obvious; evident; bright; light
warning; caution; admonition; keikoku (penalty in judo)
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
memory; sense; experience
to receive; to get; to accept; to take (someone's words or behaviour); to interpret; to understand
threat; bird-scaring device (scarecrow, gun, etc.)
to carry off; to run away with; to sweep away; to take entirely for oneself; to monopolize
succession; continuation; series; sequence
to jump out; to leap out; to appear (suddenly); to emerge; to protrude; to project
clothes (esp. Western clothes); clothing; dress; counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, puffs of a cigarette, etc.
sleeve; wing (of a stage, desk, gate, etc.); flap (of a dust jacket)
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
to help (someone) out of trouble; to rescue; to save
to roughen (e.g. one's attitude); to raise (one's voice)
to be in a hurry; to be impatient; to be anxious (to do); to get a fright; to panic; to get flustered