beehive; hive; something full of holes; (fig.) Swiss cheese; honeycomb tripe; wall of a cow's second stomach
one step higher; one better; cut above; one up
assistance; backing; reinforcements
interval; distance; suitable time; appropriate opportunity; distance between opponents (kendo)
financially scraping by; meagre existence (meager); hand to mouth existence; living one's life without plan; living life day-by-day; taking life one day at a time
to use abusive language; to curse; to call someone names
not knowing when to give up; being a bad loser
clumsy (work); awkward; poorly made; ugly (of a person); unattractive; plain
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
certainly; surely; undoubtedly; just; precisely; exactly
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
this is why; this means; it is the case that
details; particulars; detailed; specific; close-up view (of a digitally displayed map); zoomed-in view
vista; background; perspective; distant view
to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept
to set free; to let go; to release; to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to let get away
ripple; ring on the water; repercussions; Japanese slit drum; instrument made of iron with slits on top; makes a rippling sound
sound of a camera shutter; sound of water splashing
to lie on top of one another; to be in a heap
to be indelibly stained or ingrained; to be dyed in deeply
tottering; staggering; faltering; reeling
moment; instant; kshana; duration of a single mental event (about 1/75 second); shortest possible interval of time
incident; affair; happening; event
order; command; decree; (software) instruction; statement
rain water; "rain water" solar term (approx. February 19)
dissection; autopsy; analysis
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood
to fall forward (of a person); to tumble forward
to collapse into; to flop onto
to hold (in one's hand); to take (into one's hand); to own; to obtain
birth; creation; formation
to follow (road); to pursue (course); to follow up; to follow (hyperlink)
to do over again; to redo; to start over; to remake; to resume; to recommence
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
soaking (wet); wringing; dripping; drenched
to be at wits' end; to be greatly perplexed; to be troubled
to talk to oneself; to mutter
to dive (into or under water); to get under; to get into; to hide oneself (esp. from the government); to conceal oneself
being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter
to confide; to reveal; to disclose; to lay bare; to speak frankly; to open (one's heart)