light clothing; dressing light; light equipment; light armaments
investigation; inspection; examination; tune; note; melody
to enclose; to surround; to shelter (e.g. a criminal); to shield; to keep (e.g. a mistress); to store (vegetables, fruit, etc.)
popularity; favour; defense; defence; agreement; receiver of technique (e.g. in martial arts)
one eye; one of one's eyes
sudden rise; steep climb; zoom; trending
regrettable; disappointing; precious; dear; too good for; deserving better
art; technique; means; way; trick; trap
proper; right; reasonable
to have both; to possess both; to combine with
substitution (for someone else); substitute; stand-in; scapegoat; sacrifice
to be sacrificed; to fall victim to; to fall prey to
distribution (e.g. films, rice); rationing (e.g. food, gasoline); food ration
joint; knuckle; tune; melody; knot (in wood); node in a bamboo stem
to pull from both ends; to pull from both sides; to play tug of war
heading; headline; index; headword
to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still
head office; main office; main shrine; this company; this shrine
first floor; ground floor; one floor; one storey; one rank
wooden stick; wooden pole
company employee; member of a corporation; company stockholder (esp. in legal contexts)
to scatter in all directions (like baby spiders)
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
official announcement; proclamation
meddling; interfering; choosing to keep the drawn tile and discarding a different one
distorted; crooked; oval; elliptical shape; round, wooden container for cooked rice; oval coin
getting information (esp. by interviewing witnesses, etc. in a police investigation)
to have a catch; to have an ulterior motive; to be more (to something)
use of seductive techniques to attain one's ends (usu. of women)
to become vulgar; to coarsen
the wrong hands; hands of evil
to help out of (trouble); to extricate
exaltation; emotional uplift
justice; right; righteousness; correct meaning; correct explanation
not worth considering; out of the question
stairs; stairway; staircase