form; shape; state; condition; letter; correspondence
agitation; stirring; whipping; beating
essential; important; crucial; vital; main
weak ending; tapering; anticlimax; tame ending
surely; certainly; without doubt
indefinite; hazy; vague; unsettled; undecided
(medical) doctor; physician
imitation; copy; make-believe; doing something in a way that only superficially resembles the real thing
spike (on a shoe or tyre); stud; spiked shoes; spikes; injuring (an opposing player) with the spikes on one's shoes; spiking
convenient; useful; finding useful; coming in handy; (priceless) treasure
glasses; eyeglasses; spectacles; judgment; judgement; discrimination
adhering to; being a stickler for; being particular about; worrying too much about
to crush to death; to stifle to death; to squeeze to death; to stifle (a laugh, etc.); to muffle (one's breathing); to subdue (one's voice)
sound of something striking repeatedly (e.g. wooden clappers); something small hopping repeatedly; touching lightly and repeatedly; punctuation marks such as the dakuten; Chonchon; South American mythical bird
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
to be squashed by; to be pinned under
dangerous; risky; awful; terrible; terrific; amazing
not necessarily; not entirely; not altogether
to stay up all night; to sit up all night; to do something all night
condition; state (of health); appearance
to take a turn for the better (of an illness, patient, etc.); to begin to improve; to begin to recover; to convalesce
at that time; in those days; at that moment; then
to smear with blood; to kill
to split; to tear; to burst; to be separated; to be divided
disaster; tragedy; tragic incident; horrible accident
to cause; to induce; to bring about; to pull upright; to help up (e.g. a fallen person)
when it comes to the cause; when you get right down to it; as for what started it; as for the reason; originally
(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount
tearful face; tear-stained face
natural disaster; cataclysm
advance warning; previous notice; announcement; herald; harbinger; forerunner
(all) at once; at the same time; in one go; right away; in an instant