oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
directionality; directivity
creak; squeak; creaking; discord; strife; friction
among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)
worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst
case (e.g. receptacle, condition, event, legal action, letter style, etc.); Computer-Aided Software Engineering; CASE
super-; ultra-; extremely; really; over; more than
strength; intensity; strong (e.g. glasses); powerful (e.g. lens); intense (e.g. fear)
to surpass the rest (e.g. of a large group); to stand out from the crowd; to be the best by far
to chew thoroughly; to bite (e.g. one's lip); to reflect upon; to digest
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
reckless; thoughtless; rash; ill-advised; impulsive; mad (e.g. scheme)
(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front
opposition; rivalry; competition; antagonism
can do nothing but (do); cannot help (doing) something
with a crack (e.g. branches, knuckles)
to shrivel (e.g. cut vegetables, skin); to wilt; to fade; to wither; to be wizened
inside; interior; inner part
to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
to reject; to repulse; to repel; to bounce back; to counterattack; to strike back
firm; strong; solid; stable
to defend oneself; to protect oneself
art; technique; means; way; trick; trap
advance guard; vanguard; avant-garde (e.g. music)
to risk one's life (to do); to put one's life on the line; to step forward (to do); to give one's all
catchers who warm up pitchers in the bullpen; tank (character that soaks up damage for the rest of the party in an MMORPG)
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
dark red; dark brown; reddish brown
to dye; to colour; to color
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
concentration; focusing; convergence; within a collection of works
to break off; to come to an end; to be interrupted; to be cut short; to pause
just like that; in the twinkling of an eye; in the blink of an eye; (lit.) in the time it takes to say "ah!"
to scatter; to blow about; (arch.) to spread a rumor; (arch.) to talk around
to use to the full (one's voice, energy, etc.); to muster all of (one's strength, courage, etc.); to summon all of; to exert fully; to strain (one's voice)
to make a sound; to give off a sound; to hear a sound