root; source; origin; foundation; basis; essence
to wait for one's chance; to wait for an opportunity
vivid (memory, description, etc.); fresh; graphic; fresh (blood, scar, etc.); still new; recent
light; faint; pale; fleeting
to make good one's escape; to escape to a safe place; to make one's getaway; to effect one's escape
sideslip; skid; shifting to another post (at the same level); sideways move (at a company); sliding sideways down a slope (skiing)
heavy blow; thump; wallop; belt; whack
to speak distinctly; to speak clearly; to put it bluntly; to get to the point; to be frank
complete; whole; perfect; safe
to bend down; to bow down; to prostrate oneself; to hide oneself
not knowing when to let go (give up, etc.); unwilling to resign; having lingering attachment; regretful
assault; outrage; act of violence; rape; sexual assault
absolute monarch; despot; autocrat; tyrant
growing impudent; becoming arrogant; getting stuck-up; becoming more severe (esp. regarding something bad); increasing
to be nauseating; to be disgusting; to be revolting; to throw up; to vomit
to become sexually aware; to awaken to sex
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
citizen; resident; person; user (of a website, esp. as a collective, e.g. Twittersphere)
as (much) as possible; as (far) as possible
step; stair; grade; rank; counter for breaks in written language (or speech, etc.); dan
Japanese scull (oar attached to the rear of the boat by a traditional peg-in-hole oarlock)
gun; cannon; artillery; ordnance
repentance; confession; penitence
way to shoot; how to shoot
order (esp. to a number of people); command; ritual of bowing at start and end of school class
to pull the trigger; to squeeze the trigger
battle formation; camp; encampment; group; gang; war
standard practice; playing by the book; established tactic; joseki (in go); standard sequence (esp. in a corner); standard move
(instruction) manual; operations manual; basic rules (pertaining to how a job should be carried out); (car with) manual transmission
to emit; to spout; to spurt; to boil over
trick; contrivance; cleverness
inorganic matter; mineral matter; cold; inhuman; robotic
stairs; stairs at the front of a noh stage
to have no chance (of succeeding)
to jump out; to rush out; to appear (suddenly); to protrude; to project; to butt in
under the staircase; understairs