alley; alleyway; path through a gate or garden; teahouse garden
provocation; stirring up; arousal; excitement; stimulation
to turn one's face; to turn around; to look over one's shoulder
preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; being stranded; grounding
Southern Cross (asterism formed with the brightest four stars of the constellation Crux)
route; road; distance travelled in a day; one's ... (age, e.g. 40s, 60s)
chattering (teeth); (frozen, worried) stiff; rigid (personality, thinking, etc.); inflexible; voracious (e.g. work, study); without slack or pause
in preparation; (shop) not yet open for business
sake cup; small deep porcelain bowl for serving food
to grapple with; to wrestle with; to engage in a bout; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to come to grips with; to work hard on
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
end (of life); death; demise; (peacefully) spending one's final years
solving a riddle; solving a mystery
digital signal processor; DSP
check (pattern); plaid; check; inspection; check (mark); tick; checking (something) out
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
field; sphere; realm; division; branch
one's field of expertise; one's strong area
change to ...; becoming ...; making into ...; -ization; -ification
to catch sight of; to come into view; to happen to see
giga-; 10^9; gigabyte; GB; data traffic (esp. on mobile phone)
to spare; to grudge; to regret; to lament; to be reluctant (to do); to be unwilling
stone (of a fruit); pit; core (of an organization, team, etc.); nucleus; nuclear weapons; nucleus (of an atom); nucleus (of a cell)
to squeeze out; to wring out
to hit hard; to punch hard; to give a hard blow; to wallop; to sock
star (usu. excluding the Sun); planet (usu. excluding Earth); star (glyph, symbol, shape); asterisk; star (actor, player, etc.); dot; spot
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to whirl (in the wind); to flutter (about); to swirl
like; similar to; something like ...; someone like ...
with a crack; with a smash
measurement error; calculation error; discrepancy; deviation; difference
powerlessness; helplessness; incompetence; ineffectiveness
having little left; having few remaining; running short; running low; scant
mwahahaha (evil laughter); coo coo; cooing; stifled laughter; suppressed laughter; sound of snagging
(sound of) laughter; laughing voice
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
calculation; computation; reckoning; consideration; calculation; estimation
absurd; ridiculous; silly; ludicrous; nonsensical; asinine
to run out of; to dry up; to be depleted; to hit the bottom; to bottom out
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
if you think about it; come to think of it