challenge; defiance; dare; attempt; try
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)
thick (paper, cloth, etc.); heavy
winding; meandering; wriggling; wiggling; waving; swaying
to translate; to interpret
to work hard at; to devote oneself to; to be diligent in
having a high threshold (for entry); difficult to approach; feeling awkward to go to (of someone's home)
ox or whale penis, used as a tonic or aphrodisiac
nothing new; same as always; an old story; nothing new about it; not the first time it has happened
sobbing; weeping; fit of crying
blank form; sheets of paper; sheet of paper
beach; seashore; captured pieces (in the game of go); captured stones; Yokohama; (arch.) riverbank
to read out; to read aloud; to call out; to finish reading; to read through
to look forward to something
to deliver; to forward; to send; to report; to notify; to file notice (to the authorities)
translation; deciphering; decoding; translation
hard to reach place; remote place
swimming in the ocean; sea bathing; seawater bath; going for a dip in the ocean
to hold out (e.g. against an attack); to hang on; to withstand; to endure; to last
one by one; one at a time; in turn
intensely; severely; strictly; tightly; compactly; closely
service; ministry; attendance; offering goods at a reduced price; providing a service for free
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
water's edge; beach; shore
phoenix (bird of Egyptian mythology); phoenix (any palm tree of genus Phoenix, incl. the date palm)
curve; turn; curveball; curve ball; (wine) cellar
branch road; forked road; branch; crossroads (of a course of events); turning point; parting of the ways
chase; pursuit; chase scene (in a movie); obsessive fan who follows a celebrity around; groupie; in (quick) succession
as soon as possible; ASAP; even a little early
reduction by half; halving
radio wave; reception; signal; saying strange things