supper; night meal; late-night snack; "fourth meal"; midnight snack
nimono; food cooked by boiling or stewing
limits; boundary; domain; area (e.g. in programming languages)
urgency; exigency; emergency
tone quality; sound quality
relief party; rescue party
to slip out; to sneak away; to break into the lead; to get ahead; to begin to fall out (e.g. hair); to break out (of a loop)
(facial) expression (esp. fierce, fearless, sinister, etc.); look
to stand in a row (e.g. shops on a street); to line in a row; to line; to be equal to; to be on a par with
firm; strong; solid; stable
to row; to scull; to pedal (e.g. bicycle); to swing (on a swing); to operate a hand pump; to push through (deep snow, the jungle, etc.)
spiced sake (served at New Year's)
(jumping) nimbly; light-footed; boing; used at sentence end to affect cuteness
critical moment; do-or-die situation
hitting the target; striking home; proving to be right; coming true; being on the mark
to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext
with all one's strength; with might and main; as hard as one can
to do someone in; to bump someone off
flip-up; fold-up; tip-up; top-hinged (e.g. window)
mane (of a horse, lion, etc.)
to cringe with fear; to cower with fright; to be terribly afraid
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry
dots; spots; bit by bit; little by little; here and there; scattered
everything; anything; nothing
eager; earnest; ardent; OFF (on switch)
to wriggle; to squirm; to crawl like a worm
disquieting; threatening; turbulent; restless; unsettled; disturbing
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
peace (esp. of the world); tranquillity; calm
deep down; special place in one's heart; in the back of one's mind
invasion; raid; attack; visitation (of a calamity)
unheard-of; unprecedented; unparalleled in history (unparallelled); record-breaking
to advance to the next stage (e.g. in a tournament)