to toady; to be obsequious
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific
humour; humor; safety; health; in a good mood; in high spirits
to incline; to lean; to devote oneself to; to concentrate on; to ruin; to squander
to order; to command; to appoint
meaning; significance; sense
presumably; it seems that ...; I guess that ...; I suppose that ...; one could infer that ...
edge (of a knife or sword); prong (of an electrical plug)
to turn towards; to point
confident; assured; self-assured; bullish (e.g. market)
brow; glabella; middle forehead; area between the eyebrows
to wrinkle up (one's eyebrows, one's nose); to furrow; to crimple
taking back what one just said; eating one's words; negating one's previous comment, opinion, etc.
contents; interior; substance; content; (sword) blade
in general; generally; as a whole; all in all; altogether
start; beginning; build up; how well a pitcher pitches at the start of the game
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
to go round and cut in; to take a roundabout path
suddenly and forcefully (e.g. jerk, poke, shove); in a single gulp; in one go
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
proximity; nearness; soon; nearby
ruby; ruby character; small hiragana or katakana readings of kanji usually above or to the side of the kanji (esp. used by printers and in ref. to printed material); Ruby (programming language)
to get cold feet; to back away; to withdraw
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
let me humbly say; most humbly; with all due respect
to say; to tell; to state; to do
to like; to prefer; to be pleased by
how; in what way; how about; questionable
to stick out too much; to protrude too far; to be too strong (e.g. of tea); to be too forward; to be too assertive; to be pushy
ear; hearing; edge; crust; selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
to inhale; to breathe in; to suck up; to absorb; to soak up
ferocious; brutal; atrocious; savage; barbarous
to flicker; to quiver; to waver; to sway
to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
strong; potent; strong; brawny; good (at); skilled; being able to handle
to fan (oneself, flames, etc.); to flap (in the wind); to instigate; to stir up; to drive up prices (by buying a large amount of something); to take a photo from a low angle; to tailgate
roundabout; indirect; circuitous; ignorant (of the world)
greed; craving; desire; appetite; hunger; avarice
to be smeared; to be covered