to deepen; to heighten; to intensify
talkative; loose-lipped; persiflage; frivolous talk
to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring
commemoration; celebration; honoring the memory of something; turning something into a memento; memory
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat
expensive; high-priced; high (level); above average (in degree, quality, etc.); loud; high-pitched
to drive away; to turn away; to send away; to repel; to repulse
control; check; restraint; inhibition
boorish; inelegant; unpolished; unromantic; tactless
front kick (esp. martial arts)
to wake up; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to become enlightened
leaving behind; desertion; abandonment
storage; housing for equipment and machines; putting into computer memory
unconsciousness; unconscious; involuntary; the unconscious (psychoanalysis)
impostor; imposter; pretender; liar
to run off (fluid); to run down; to flow down
to tear off; to strip; to rob
offense; offence; crime; guilt; punishment
to bear; to carry on one's back; to take responsibility for; to accept a duty; to receive (wound); to incur (damage)
wait-and-see (situation, stance, etc.); waiting to see (how things play out); watching developments (before acting)
restriction; restraint; binding; constraint
dilution; watering down; inflation (of budget, claim, etc.); padding
minimum; at the very least
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
safe; strongbox; cashbox; depository; cash office; treasury
organization; organisation; structure; construction; system (e.g. railroad, transport, party, etc.); tissue; texture (of a rock)
individualism; egoism; selfishness
end (of play, match, etc.); closing; closing a pachinko machine (after it has paid out its designated maximum)
emphasis; highlight; stress; stressed point
with a crack; with a snap; firmly; sharply; precisely; properly
horse riding; mounting a horse; mount; riding horse; saddle horse
whip; lash; scourge; stick; cane; rod
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)
female ghost; female apparition; female monster
to screw in; to thrust into; to push into; to protest (and seek rectification); to complain
to screw; to twist; to distort; to parody; to torture; to wrest
imprisonment; incarceration
trying to think of a way (to); devising means (to); working out (how to do); contriving (to raise money); managing
the whole day; all the day