firm; unshakeable; resolute
to hide; to keep to oneself
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling, atmosphere, etc.); serious; gloomy
query; interrogation; enquiry; question; inquiry
waiting; waiting time; wait tile; tile which would complete one's hand
to be fed up (with); to be tired (of); to be stumped; to be nonplussed; to wince; to shrink back
to shoot or fire off an arrow
look of amazement; looking dumbfounded
to have a controlling presence; to have a certain aura
softly; mildly; gently; politely
being irresistible; being furiously vigorous; being intensely forceful
to shoot dead; to bring down (an animal); to win (a prize, someone's heart, etc.); to make one's own
ironclad rule; inviolable rule; invariable principle; iron law
please; kindly; I beg of you; by all means; without fail
manner of speaking; mode of expression; way of saying something
leader; boss; upper part of a flag; (Okinawa) bamboo poles with an attached vertical flag and an elaborate display at the top that are used during the annual fertility and thanks-giving festivals
this occasion; at this time; now
both armies; both teams; both sides
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
to bend a bow; to shoot an arrow; to rise up against; to rebel against
yielding; submission; surrender; giving way; succumbing
silently; hushed; in a still manner
staringly; fixedly; unblinkingly
hostility; animosity; enmity
damp; moist (negative nuance)
start; leaving; marching off
to stretch larger; to enlarge (photos); to delay (e.g. the end of a meeting)
bridge (e.g. on a warship)
accommodation; reception; seating; custody (e.g. awaiting deportation); internment; admission
above ground; on the ground; earth's surface; this world; this earth
grazing; skimming; almost touching; barely; just; narrowly
altitude; height; elevation; high-degree; high-grade; advanced
ability; performance; efficiency
to take all things together; to include everything; to take account of everything
product; produce; result; fruit
to cross the ocean (i.e. to go to or come from overseas)
decline; degeneration; decay; waning; ebbing
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life