vague; desultory; distracted; loose; half-hearted; diffuse
no hint (e.g. quiz questions where no clues are given)
ignominious defeat; crushing failure; utterly beaten; overwhelming defeat
for no particular reason; for some reason or other; somehow or other
matter of the highest priority; top priority; first priority
guarantee of safety; ensuring safety
equal (in ability); even; evenly matched; well-matched; on par (with)
to be boiled down; to come to a standstill; to reach an impasse; to approach a conclusion (of a discussion, investigation, etc.)
(sense of) cleanliness; (sense of) freshness
evacuation route; escape route (for evacuees)
escape route; evacuation route
peeking; peeping (e.g. through a hole, narrow gap)
form; shape; state; condition; letter; correspondence
being beyond recovery; having no hope of recovery
lacking skill; uninspiring; unexciting; dull; unrefined; boring (from being too plain)
to jump at the chance; to accept an offer; to show interest in; to accept a proposal
to go underground; to go into hiding
cave; tunnel; tunnel tomb (Kofun period)
projection; protrusion; lump; bulge
hut (esp. on a mountain); shack; refuge; shanty
to run (up hill, stairs, etc.)
clapping and cheering; applause
to apply correspondingly; to correspond to; to be proportionate to; to conform to
to exploit; to extort; to squeeze (someone); to squeeze (e.g. oil, juice); to wring out; to press out
to dry up; to parch; to ebb away
seeing through; fluoroscopy; roentgenoscopy; clairvoyance; seeing through (objects)
near-death; close to death
curved sword (e.g. a scimitar, shamshir, etc.); curved blade
to chew thoroughly; to bite (e.g. one's lip); to reflect upon; to digest
maximum permissible level or dosage
loss (of weight or volume, e.g. in transit); ullage; outage; decrease (in value); reduction
to vanish gradually (e.g. of a voice); to trail off; to die away; to feel one's soul leaving one's body (from embarrassment, grief, etc.); to feel faint; to feel numb