to polish up; to shine up
copy; duplicate; facsimile; cc (on e-mails); carbon copy
vividly; clearly; distinctly; acutely
to make (someone) realize (e.g. their mistake); to bring (something) home (to someone); to teach (someone) a lesson
to come to know; to perceive; to realize; to realise; to become aware (of)
to freeze (in fear, surprise, etc.); to cower; to flinch; to shrink up; to shrink; to shrivel up
secret art; secret technique; mysteries (of an art)
to drift (to); to be washed ashore
mishmash; miscellany; medley; jumble; mixture; odds and ends
frail; flimsy; insubstantial; insignificant; lacking gravitas
cutting roots; extermination; rooting out
to tie; to fasten; to wear (necktie, belt); to put on; to total; to sum; to be strict with
likely to do; liable to do; (quite) capable of doing; may (well) do; might do; could do
effectiveness; efficacy; efficaciousness
tough; stubborn; determined; severely; heavily; hard
to smoke; to smoulder; to be sooty; to be smoke-stained; to smoulder (e.g. a dispute); to smolder
pilot light; spark; live coals (for firelighting)
before one knows it; before one realises; without one's knowledge; without noticing
youngest brother; last disciple
to annoy; to cause trouble
eloquence; fluency (of speech)
raising the curtain; opening (of an event); start; beginning
to rub together; to reconcile (ideas, proposals, plans); to compare and adjust
bed; bedding; sickbed; alcove; riverbed; seedbed; straw "core" of a tatami mat
trouble; bother; number of moves; number of punches; number of liberties
to stake; to risk; to bet; to wager
to whiten; to grow light (esp. at dawn); to cool (of a mood); to be dampened (of enthusiasm); (arch.) to decline; (arch.) to weaken; (arch.) to lose its tone (of a musical instrument)
upper arm; (arch.) lower arm
zigzag-shaped paper streamer often used to adorn Shinto-related objects; hornbeam (deciduous tree in the birch family)
young child; toddler; child over 1 but not yet of school age
dreadnought class (of warship)
to burn completely; to consume (by fire); to burn to nothing; to burn to the ground; to reduce to ashes
to be crushed; to be squashed (flat)
decider; person who decides; decisive factor; clincher; key
after the decimal point; below the decimal; of no account; beneath one's notice
siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding; besiegement
source of worry; source of distress
lightning; flash of lightning; lightning bolt
young person; youth; young
to admire greatly; to salute (in admiration); to take one's hat off to
suddenly; abruptly; unexpectedly