direct unforked road; straight path
acceleration; speeding up
waiting; waiting time; wait tile; tile which would complete one's hand
spurious article; forgery; counterfeit; imitation; sham
to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)
what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?
underwear; underclothes; lingerie; chemise; singlet
to distinguish; to discern; to make out; to tell
to jump upon (a moving object)
short sword; knife; dagger; dirk; tantō
with all one's strength; with might and main; as hard as one can
one way or another; in many ways; in various ways
enemy movements; enemy's position
to abbreviate; to omit; to take; to capture
article (in document); provision; stripe; streak; although; though
clause; paragraph; argument; term (of an equation); (arch.) nape (of the neck)
to have; to possess; to own; to be endowed with
questioning; interrogation; examination (of a witness)
duty; obligation; responsibility
astringent; bitter; austere; elegant (and unobtrusive); sour (look); glum
flat board; slab; slat; monotonous; dull; flat
to speak to; to give a (something) talk to; to speak words of (something)
to stretch around (e.g. a fence, dragnet, etc.); to lay out (e.g. a wiring system, network, etc.); to string up (e.g. an antenna, ship's rigging, etc.)
baron; Irish cobbler (variety of potato)
end; finish; bounds; limits; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)
in spite of; nevertheless; although; despite; no matter the; regardless of
haughty; arrogant; proud; stuck-up
look (in someone's eyes); expression (of the eyes); eyes
text; provisions (act, treaty)
goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre
to keep (a pet or other animal); to have; to own; to raise; to rear; to feed
succeeding; following; trailing; next
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
government service; the bureaucracy
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean