crash; smash; crunch; bang
hooray; yay; whee; yowzer; whoopee; yes
(squad of) police; police force
still; as yet; as it has been
prompt; immediate; in real time
retreat; withdrawal; retirement
advice (to a superior); counsel; proposal; suggestion; recommendation
largest class; top category
not understanding; not knowing
to take a lot of dealing with; to be a handful
weight; weight (e.g. of someone's words); burden; importance; significance
to creep up; to crawl up; to overcome (a bad situation); to rise (after a setback)
calm; composed; leisurely
to peel off and fall; to flake away
game, set and match; end of the game; end of the match
combat; battle; action; active service; actual fighting
compilation (of a text); editing; volume (of a text); completed literary work
to resign oneself (to); to reconcile oneself (to); to accept (e.g. defeat); to give up
with a whiff; with a puff; suddenly; abruptly; without warning
race game (board game played with dice in which the object is to reach the end of a track); ban-sugoroku; sugoroku; traditional Japanese board game similar to backgammon
dead end; blind alley; no through road (i.e. on signage); end; end of the road; end point
to go down in history; to be recorded in the history books
that's the way it is; such is life
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
desertion in the face of the enemy; deserting under enemy fire
uncool; tacky; lame; corny
habit (usu. a bad one); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
buried gold; buried treasure
justice; right; righteousness; correct meaning; correct explanation
to incline toward; to slant; to lurch; to go down (sun); to wane; to sink
morning and evening; all the time; always; every day
dancing; dance; iteration mark (used to represent repetition of the previous character); Bon Festival dance; Lantern Festival dance; eating live seafood (e.g. squid, ice gobies) while it is still moving; soft spot (in the skull of an infant)
rock (in rock-paper-scissors); stone; ungh; gulp; rumbling (of an empty stomach); growling
to agree; to decide upon; to enter into (a contract)
it cannot be that ...; it is highly unlikely that ...; it is impossible that ...
easily; readily; with ease; without trouble
fierce battle; hard-fought battle; hot contest; severe fight
to dive (into or under water); to get under; to get into; to hide oneself (esp. from the government); to conceal oneself
to throw into; to toss into; to drive (a nail, etc.) into; to hammer in; to fire (a bullet) into; to launch (a missile) at