to have the end in sight; (lit.) to see the mountains
halfway up (down) a mountain; mountainside
atrocious; fiendish; brutal; villainous
to forget something ever existed; to pretend something didn't happen; to put something behind one; to forgive (something)
biggest; greatest; largest; maximum
outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state
speech; tongue; dialect; brogue; bento; Japanese box lunch; petal
closing; closure; shutdown; lockout
circuit (electric); cycle (e.g. Krebs cycle)
beginning; start; civilization; civilisation; enlightenment
overhead; above one's head; high in the sky
revelation; manifestation; appearance; expression (e.g. in molecular biology; protein expression or gene expression)
inadvertently; for no special reason; truthfully; unexpectedly; after realizing; without knowing
wave motion; undulation; surge; wave
compulsion; coercion; forcing (to do); enforcement
filling (up); replenishing; filling in (tooth); loading (gun with ammunition, camera with film, etc.); packing; plugging
last; final; closing; last train (bus, flight, etc.; of the day)
firing (esp. a rocket or missile); launching; shooting; ejaculation
steam; vapour; vapor; steamboat; steam locomotive
gas; vapour; vapor; gaseous body
boundary; (nuclear) criticality; critical (mass, pressure, temperature, state, point, etc.)
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
to inhale; to breathe in; to suck up; to absorb; to soak up
to recite; to chant; to read aloud
to be lifted; to be raised; to happen suddenly; to occur; to be homeroom teacher for the same class multiple years in a row; to move up with one's class
to be dented; to be indented; to be beaten; to be overwhelmed; to be disheartened; to feel down
making a round trip; going and returning; round-trip ticket; return ticket; correspondence; exchanging (letters)
sleeping in late; oversleeping; late riser; sleepyhead
core; core; hardcore; all-out
to lay the blame on; to put the fault on
criticism; judgement; judgment; comment
to make good one's escape; to get away; to outrun; to hold on (and win); to win narrowly
to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize
to flatter; to soft-soap; to sweet talk; to cajole; to instigate
underground; below the ground; world of the dead; the grave; underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret
Department of Defense (USA); the Pentagon; Ministry of Defence (UK, etc.)
fifth day of the month; five days
to search about for; to hunt around for; to look high and low for; to look everywhere for
rest; recess; vacation; holiday; dormancy (of a silkworm prior to moulting)