nasty; mean; heartless; inconsiderate; selfish
malicious (at heart); spiteful; wicked
expansion and contraction; elasticity; flexibility
going up and down; ascent and descent; climb and descent
swing (of a golf club, tennis racket, etc.); swing; swing
with a whizzing sound; with a whistling sound; sound of something whizzing by
all over Japan; throughout Japan
motorcycle; motorbike; bike; bicycle
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip off; to skin; to flay
to do something in readiness for; to get something (needful) done
operation (of a machine); running; driving (a vehicle); use (of capital, funds, etc.); management
to drive into; to ride into; to extend (a railway line, bus route, etc.) into; to link (a railway line) with; to join up with (a separate line)
(not) even a little bit; (not) in the slightest; (not) one bit
solid; firm; stout; burly; strong; sturdy
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss
to take down; to bring down; to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time; to wear for the first time
moving about in confusion; going every which way; going this way and that
while; on the same occasion; at the same time; along with
genuine; real; authentic; full-scale; full-blown; all-out
opening; gap; dried and opened fish; extension
impediment; burden; encumbrance; hindrance; drag
physical education; PE; gym (class)
combination; union; combined; joint; congruence
to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for
along (a river, coast, railway, etc.); on (e.g. a street)
to turn up (hem, sleeves, etc.); to fold back (e.g. a page); to turn back; to double back; to enter (the second half; e.g. of a match); to do immediately (e.g. call back, answer an email)
as soon as ... is completed; as soon as ... is done; as soon as one is able to ...; as soon as one has (free time)
rough; crude; sloppy; miscellaneous
game; match; contest; competition; sport; (sporting) event
scenery; scene; landscape
very small fraction (of); very small proportion; very small part; tiny bit
hot; warm; passionate; impassioned; on everybody's mind; on the radar
strength; intensity; strong (e.g. glasses); powerful (e.g. lens); intense (e.g. fear)
(only) one option; one possible choice
majority decision; majority vote; majority rule
counter for places (offices, facilities, stations)
liver; innards; courage; spirit; crux; essential point
peep; peeping; peep show; device with lens mounted on a stand or in a box to view enlarged pictures; peep; placing a stone before a connecting point (threatening to divide the opponent's stones)
to jabber; to chatter; to chat with
taking a glance at; glimpsing at; taking a peek at; quick look; peep