to replace; to substitute; to shift; to change places
pseudo; quasi; false; suspected (case, e.g. of disease)
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
between (e.g. two people); face to face; hindrance; impediment; arrhythmic section of recitative in noh music; playing with only 2 players; prefix used for stress or emphasis
interruption; interference; butting in
boorish; inelegant; unpolished; unromantic; tactless
to pull the trigger; to squeeze the trigger
piece of meat; cut of meat
quantity; amount; volume; number; amount of money
to lose one's temper; to lose patience; to have enough; to be exasperated; to become irritated; to get fed up
to gape; to open one's mouth wide
aperture; bore; calibre; caliber
to understand from experience
stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
to boast of; to be proud of; to take pride in
to fire a gun; to let off a gun; to loose off a shell
loose; lenient; lax; gentle (curve, slope, etc.); slow; weak; soft
tender; warm; meticulous; detailed; deep (of a colour); thick (e.g. fog)
to shoot (arrow, bolt, dart)
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence
atmosphere; air; magnanimity; generosity
to burst open; to split open; to be bursting with (e.g. youth, laughter, flavor); to bounce; to bound
to burst open; to pop; to split
iron hammer; (fig.) crushing blow
to be forced to do or experience something (against one's will); to be forced to do something because one has no other choice
comparatively; relatively
to hide; to conceal oneself
from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth
in 8 or 9 cases out of ten; in all probability
fall; crash (e.g. aircraft)
immediately; as soon as possible; as quickly as possible
bridge (of a koto, etc.); cylinder; prism
one in a million (chance, etc.); one in ten thousand; in the unlikely event that
speaking by proxy; speaking for (someone else); payment by proxy; compensation by proxy; acting for (someone else); carrying out (on someone's behalf)