junior (at work, school, etc.); younger people; younger student
harassment (in the workplace) from a position of power; power harassment
pressure; stress; pressure (e.g. political); coercion; arm-twisting
pivot; vital point; cornerstone; Japanese photinia
opposite; opposition; versus; vs.; to (e.g. "winning a game five to three"); equal footing
to become tense; to be tightened; to become firm (e.g. body)
front; frontage; facade; main
in appearance; to look at; judging from appearances
to come alive; to get going; to start to move
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
stronghold; fortress; strategic position; key position
novel; original; striking; strange; eccentric; fantastic
greenhouse; icehouse; cellar
to be perfectly clear (water, air, etc.); to clear up
in its entirety; whole; wholly
to burst open; to pop; to split
upper half of the body; upper body
pumpkin (Cucurbita sp.); squash
scattering (in all directions)
bright red; deep red; flushed (of face); downright (e.g. lie); complete; utter
ruins; wreckage; wreck; broken remains; debris
to cling to; to stick to; to lie flat (e.g. on the ground)
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
order (esp. to a number of people); command; ritual of bowing at start and end of school class
rushing into; breaking into; storming; plunging into (war, etc.); embarking on (a new venture)
mottled pattern; patchy pattern
change in appearance; transformation
to bury; to embed; to implant
one by one; one after another; successively
death from explosion; death from bombing; bombing (in sales); flopping
nausea; sickness in the stomach
draft; draught; handprint; signed hand-print
to lean against; to recline on; to lean on; to rely on; to depend on