because; for; the reason why is ...
mobilization; mobilisation
hearing (of a statement, opinion, explanation, etc.); asking; questioning (e.g. a suspect); listening (e.g. to the radio)
pump-priming; rousing; stimulation
it's good to have a girl first and then a boy; one girl and two boys are ideal
high-ranking noh actor; head of a school of noh performance; high ranking courtesan (esp. in Yoshiwara; Edo period); jōruri narrator; manzai narrator; female role actor in kabuki; lord steward (formerly the fifth court rank)
abundant; ample; plentiful; lustrous; glossy
to shoot through (a wall, the heart, etc.); to go through; to pierce; to hit (e.g. the bull's-eye)
going to sleep; falling asleep; sleeping
fixed number (of people); prescribed number (of regular personnel, students, etc.); quota; capacity (of a bus, boat, theatre, etc.); seating capacity
to be mad about; to be hooked on; to find something hilarious; to find something so funny that one cannot stop laughing
scheme; plot; artifice; stratagem; trick
to avoid being seen; to be clandestine
to explain away; to talk one's way out of; to excuse oneself; to evade
television program; TV program
solidification; congelation; coagulation; condensation
gas; vapour; vapor; gaseous body
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
subdivision; segmentation; fractionalization; fragmentation
probatio diabolica; devil's proof
emergency landing; forced landing; crash landing
family name; lineage; birth; clan
opening (a letter, parcel, etc.); breaking the seal; unboxing (a product); unsealed mail
cowardly; spineless; weak-willed; fainthearted
contracted regular payment, e.g. monthly, weekly, etc.; by the (month, week, etc.)
return; relapse; recurrence
to cut deep into; to cut one's way into (an enemy position); to rush on; to press someone hard (e.g. with questions); to get to the heart of (a matter)
to spring at; to leap upon; to swoop down on; to throw oneself upon (e.g. an enemy)
to be popular (esp. with the opposite sex); to be well liked; to be pampered (spoiled, doted upon, etc.); to be welcomed
distilled liquor; spirits; hard liquor; cachaça (Brazilian liquor)
swordsmanship; line drawn by the tip of a sword when slashing
burning at the stake; burning to death
kinky hair; frizzy hair; unruly hair; curly hair
handsome; shapely; clean-cut (features)
slashing (with the blade pressed against the object); mowing down (the enemy); cutting down (one after the other); clean sweep; sweeping conquest
(spinning) around; while revolving; with a curl; with a whirl; (coiling) around
this point; now; this late in the game