atrocious; fiendish; brutal; villainous
to duck one's head; to pull in one's head; to duck down; to shrug one's shoulders
exaggerated; overblown; pretentious
plan to overcome an obstacle or break out of a deadlock; breakthrough solution
to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)
counting backwards; calculating backwards; inverse operation; reverse operation
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence
to deliver; to forward; to send; to report; to notify; to file notice (to the authorities)
contact information (for inquiries) (e.g. corporate phone number); reference (e.g. personal reference)
reference; bibliographical reference; consultation; browsing (e.g. when selecting a file to upload on a computer); checking out
black stone; black (go pieces)
rustling; dry; rough feeling; rough (of a person); course; catching fish with a net
twelve o'clock; noon; midnight
grinding of the teeth; involuntary nocturnal tooth grinding; bruxism; grinding one's teeth out of anger or vexation; gnashing one's teeth; gritting one's teeth
flight (e.g. airline flight); trip (e.g. train trip); mail; post; opportunity; chance
one's appearance; clothing; costume; dress
offensive (movement); aggression
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement
cooking, esp. frying or stir-frying; heating; tempering; -ware
to speak; to hear a voice
calling someone directly (by telephone); phone number
out (of a ball, in tennis, etc.); outside the line; out; putout; outer; external; exit
hold music; music on hold; hold tone
telephone receiver; telephone mouthpiece; making a telephone call; receiving a telephone call
to lose hope; to be plunged into darkness
feather; plume; wing; shuttlecock (in badminton)
land route; overland route; by land; overland
just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment
to bite into; to sink one's teeth into
to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from); to quail (at)
half; 50%; tie; 5 parts; 5%
to accept; to receive (an application); to (be able to) take (food, medicine, etc.); to bear; to be affected by; to take damage from
(arch.) large river (esp. the Yangtze); Lake Biwa
ward; borough; city (in Tokyo); district (e.g. electoral); section; zone (e.g. postal)