wall of people; crowd of people lined up (e.g. spectators); throng of people
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
bad reputation; ill repute; bad name; (arch.) evil deed; (arch.) wrongdoing; (arch.) wrongdoer
to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple
to ascertain; to check; to make sure
yes; sure; gotcha; sycophantically; servilely; fawningly
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
reading; reading (of a kanji, esp. kun reading); reading (e.g. of a situation); insight
fairness; impartiality; justice; objectivity
draw; tie; quits; even; square
battle; fight; fighting; engagement; contest
look!; there!; here!; that is
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
careful; elaborate; scrupulous
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
to be negligent in doing something; to shirk; to be off one's guard
freshly-grated (e.g. daikon)
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
sight (e.g. of a gun); aim; alignment
intuition; instinct; insight; hunch; immediacy
firing; shooting; fire; gunshot; marksmanship
with a clink; with a flop; suddenly; all of a sudden
confections; sweets; candy; cake
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
one by one; one after another; successively
military gains; war results; fruit of battle
selection; classification; sorting; screening; triage
where; which; anyway; anyhow; sooner or later; eventually
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
second; number two; runner-up
largish; biggish; a little bit larger
important person; influential figure; big shot; big thing; big one; big game
advance notice; previous note; preliminary announcement; trailer (film, TV); preview
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat
mark; target; object; subject; point (e.g. of argument)
trigger (of a gun, etc.); trigger (for something); immediate cause
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort