acceleration; speeding up
danger; Chinese "rooftop" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
moment; brief space of time
ramming attack; hurling oneself (at); throwing oneself into (e.g. a role); going all out
in passing another (esp. colliding with oncoming traffic, bumping into a person); the moment two persons or objects meet
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
to knit; to plait; to braid; to compile (anthology, dictionary, etc.); to edit
to reply; to respond; to answer; to talk back; to retort
to hold (someone) down; to pin down; to wrestle to the ground
to stiffen; to become stiff
to press down; to hold down; to pin down
to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do
to brush off; to shake off
far away; far off; nowhere near; far cry
contradiction; inconsistency
sponge gourd (Luffa aegyptiaca); Egyptian cucumber; loofah; loofa; something useless
shortening; contraction; reduction; curtailment; abbreviation
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
elasticity; resilience; flexibility; adaptability
getting closer; drawing nearer; being not much different; being near (age, skill, etc.); becoming close (i.e. friendly); becoming intimate
to sigh; to breathe a sigh
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
to one's regret; regrettably; unfortunately; what can be done about ...; ... cannot be helped
bust (measurement); breasts; bosom; bust (sculpture); half-length portrait
pressure; oppression; suppression
world history; international history
review (of learned material); revision
Marx; Marks; Marcks; Marcus; Markus
great person; eminent figure