sensitivity (e.g. of a measuring instrument); reception (radio, TV, etc.); sensitivity (of film)
to punish (e.g. a child, etc.)
to fix (e.g. to a wall); to secure; to install; to plant
leader of a charge; first to arrive
hors d'oeuvre; appetizer; appetiser; starter
number of (large) animals
then; in that case; considering; if that is the case; if so
isolation; cut off; blockade; quarantine; interception; deprivation
running; gliding; first (harvest) of the season; beginning; start; kitchen sink
raw materials; ingredients
to eat up and spoil (e.g. crops); to eat away; to eat a bit of everything; to encroach upon; to take over
to thin out (plants, seedlings, crops, etc.); to cull; to run on a curtailed schedule; to cut down; to kill a newborn child (due to financial difficulties)
coexistence; living together; symbiosis; paragenesis
to perform some process; to apply some treatment; to revise; to correct
to talk or say too much; to go too far; to overstate; to exaggerate
fault; defect; flaw; failure (in an examination); failing grade
to offer; to present; to serve (food and drink); to offer (to the gods); to set up (before an altar)
bubble; foam; froth; head on beer
high-spirited; cheerful; assertive; vigorous
form; tense; adjective; i-adjective (in Japanese)
to toady; to be obsequious
slow; sluggish; dull; lax; sloppy; lenient
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
to bring into the open; to reveal; to uncover (e.g. evidence); to bring to light
demolition; taking down; dissolution (of an organization, company, etc.); breaking up; dissection (of a body); dismemberment
to strip a person of all his or her clothes; to leave someone with nothing; to leave someone penniless; to steal someone blind
to expose; to disclose; to lay bare; to confess
simile; metaphor; allegory; parable
study of foreign languages; linguistics
attractiveness; charm; amiability
because; for; the reason why is ...
unbearable; intolerable; unendurable