pivot; vital point; cornerstone; Japanese photinia
range (of a rifle, missile, etc.)
sight (e.g. of a gun); aim; alignment
prototype model; experimental machine
wholehearted; earnest; determined; intent; single-minded; straightforward
object of romantic interest
to get between; to be caught in
stale; old fashioned; hackneyed; trite; antiquated; obsolete
difference between the sexes; sexual difference
chink in the armor (armour)
one revolution; one rotation
falling down; tumbling; reversing; inverting; getting upset
to make a sound with one's throat; to purr (cat)
to work hard; to make an effort
next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to
(short) curtain hung at shop entrance; split curtain used to divide spaces in a house; reputation (of a store); good name; goodwill
moment by moment; hour by hour
to kill one's enemy (opponent)
evaluation meeting; postmortem session; review meeting
to stoop; to lean over; to bend forward; to bend down; to crouch; to squat
to summon; to get used to call
to persevere; to keep at something (regardless of one's fatigue)
abundant (grain) crop; good harvest
professional job; profession
to compete; to vie; to make fight against another (person, animal); to pit against; to debate; to argue
to embezzle; to misappropriate; to peculate; to accustom oneself to using; to use for a long time
article specially made to order; made-to-measure (custom-made) article
things left (to one) by the deceased; inherited item; estate; lost item; lost property
to build (a nest); to nest; to haunt (a place); to hang out (somewhere)
to avenge (somebody) by striking down their killer
being on duty; person on duty
very thin; flimsy; cheap; shallow
marguerite (Chrysanthemum frutescens); Japanese women's hairstyle comprised of a long braid tied up in a loop with a ribbon (ca. 1885)
blood relative; close relation; (one's) flesh and blood; flesh and blood; the body