dramatic (improvement); remarkable (difference); marked; (far) better; exceptional
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten
good performance; good work; great success
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
loading; charging; filling
besides; in addition; also; moreover
reorganization; reorganisation; reshuffle
to be doing; to be in the process of doing
proximity; nearness; being nearby; approaching; drawing near; coming close
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
bow (weapon); archery; bow (for a violin, etc.)
fighting back; returning fire; counter-attack; responding to an attack; accepting a challenge
astonishing; amazing; surprising; wonderful
right hand; right-hand side; right-hand direction; (on) the right
left hand; left-hand side; left-hand direction; (on) the left
crowding together; clustering together; close formation; swarm
right; right-hand side; afore-mentioned (esp. in vertical Japanese writing); foregoing; forgoing
side; flank; profile; aspect; dimension
smooth (of a surface); glassy; smooth (of an action, proceedings, etc.); fluent (speech); continuously differentiable
easily; readily; with ease; without trouble
to go round and cut in; to take a roundabout path
(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front
three times (as much); treble; triple; threefold
power of recovery; ability to recuperate; resilience
row; line; company (of someone); group; sequence; counter for rows
the vertical; height; front-to-back; length; north-to-south; vertical (relationship)
to get late; to advance; to wear on
change; alteration; substitute; rate of exchange
greed; craving; desire; appetite; hunger; avarice
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside
siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding; besiegement
to take advantage of; to impose on; to make an entry (in an account book)
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)
steady; sound; reliable; solid
difficult; tough; formidable; redoubtable; stubborn
to get fed up with; to get sick of; to become disgusted with
to exercise one's ingenuity; to come up with an ingenious plan
to overcome (opposition); to push past; to force one's way; to press and cut
closing in on (the enemy, first place, etc.); coming close to; pressing hard; pressing hard (e.g. with a question); taking to task; grilling