to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
grasping; gripping; handful; fistful; handle; grip; rice ball
seeing two people (i.e. romantically) at the same time; two-timing; bifurcation; fork; fence-sitting; playing it both ways
rod; pole; neck (of a shamisen, etc.); shamisen; beam (i.e. the crossbar of a balance); single line (esp. as a flying formation for geese); penis
both ends; either end; both edges; double-mindedness; sitting on the fence
elastic; elastic cord; elastic band
retention; maintenance; preservation
to etch (name, etc.); to carve (design)
legume (esp. edible legumes or their seeds, e.g. beans, peas, pulses); bean; soya bean (Glycine max); soybean; female genitalia (esp. the clitoris); kidney; small
common name; popular name
to mistake (A for B); to misread
energy; energy; strength; energy source; energy resource; food energy
catapult; ballista; mangonel; sling; slingshot
tire track; traces of a person or thing; path one has taken; locus
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
compression; condensation; constriction; compaction
scroll; rolled book; scarf; muffler; sushi made rolled in nori seaweed with a core of filling
range (of a rifle, missile, etc.)
to burn down (to the ground); to clear away by burning; to reduce to ashes; to burn off
grain thief; sharpened tube for testing rice in bags; sashimi (sliced raw fish); stabbing; piercing
to begin to run; to start running; to break into a run
small fish; small fry; (a) nobody; small fry; unimportant person
preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; being stranded; grounding
to flap (wings); to spread one's wings; to go out into the world
to blow violently; to sweep over; to devastate
basics; rudiments; elements; ABCs of ...
standard practice; playing by the book; established tactic; joseki (in go); standard sequence (esp. in a corner); standard move
clause; paragraph; argument; term (of an equation); (arch.) nape (of the neck)
conclusion; resolution; gathering and bundling; convergence; focusing (e.g. light); convergence
hopelessly inaccurate; not even remotely close; can't hit the side of a barn
scornful laughter; ridicule; derision; sneer
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
decoy (for hunting); stool; lure; decoy; stool pigeon
favorite (to win); favourite; likely winner; one's heart's desire; first choice
feather; plume; wing; shuttlecock (in badminton)
whirlpool; swirl; eddy; vortex; maelstrom
to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt
torrent; rapid stream; violently rushing stream
whirlwind; sensation; commotion; hullabaloo
to disturb; to upset; to ruffle; to stir up; to mess up
to create (a sensation); to give rise to (controversy)
crunching; chewing or crushing something hard; hard and crunchy; very skinny; emaciated
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase