to boast; to brag; to recite (a song or poem to oneself); to bark; to roar
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
beginning and end; doing something from beginning to end; being unchanged from beginning to end; from beginning to end; the whole time
keep on (doing); (doing) the whole time; (doing) all the time; (doing) all the way; (doing) non-stop
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
to instigate; to incite; to spur on; to set (e.g. a dog after someone)
to surge like an avalanche; to flood; to swarm; to stampede
the most; the extreme; prime; conspicuous
ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml
(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently; (not) satisfactorily; (not) decently
to run out of; to be short of; to be out of stock; to be out of (e.g. breath); to lose (one's patience, concentration, etc.)
lateness; tardiness; arriving late
suddenly; all of a sudden; quickly; emphatically; energetically
scabbard; sheath; cap (on pen, brush, etc.); case; margin (between two prices); spread
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
fax; facsimile; fax machine
felt-tip pen; marker pen; felt pen
enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
cap (headwear); cap (of a bottle, pen, etc.); leader; chief
threatening letter; intimidating letter
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
deliberately; carefully; thoroughly; without rushing
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
another thing; other things; another man's property
to replace; to move; to change the position of
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
simple; plain; uncomplicated; straightforward; simple-minded; naive
magic; Magic Marker; felt-tip pen; magic number
to be transparent; to show through
having done this; if this is done; if it is done in this way
to pick up; to find; to gather