dainty; delicate (e.g. fingers); fine; sensitive; delicate (feelings, sense, etc.); subtle
brink; verge; critical moment; crucial moment
phantom; vision; illusion
the five fingers; leading five; top five
spike (on a shoe or tyre); stud; spiked shoes; spikes; injuring (an opposing player) with the spikes on one's shoes; spiking
reversal; return; return gift; return favour; barb (on a fishing hook); mixture of soy sauce, sugar and mirin
(ship's) anchor; anchor (final runner or swimmer in a relay race); (news) anchor; anchorman; anchor (in HTML); link to a previous post (on a message board); anchor (soccer position)
end; tip; end (of the year, month, etc.); close; youngest child; descendants; offspring
flavour; flavor; taste; charm; appeal; interest
tenacity; persistence; obsession; implacability
manufacturing; processing; treatment; machining
weathering; fading (of memories); efflorescence
projection; reflection; image; match; harmony
with a clatter; with a rattle; (almost) empty; (mostly) vacant; raspy (voice); gravelly; with a gargle
lighting (a lamp); turning on a light
to fit (e.g. a pane into a frame); to insert (e.g. a cork); to put on (something that envelops; e.g. a ring, gloves); to place (a hoop) around; to pigeonhole (into a particular category); to force (into a mold); to entrap
clip-clop (esp. of geta); jingle-jangle (esp. of an old-fashioned shop doorbell); clink-clink (e.g. of metal on glass); clink-clank
disapproval; disagreement; no; the noes; not ...; dis-
but I suppose; it seems; probably; I guess
intensive; concentrated; focused
substance; essence; substantive; substantial; in essence; in effect
turning things around with a home run; turning the tables with a single successful attack (move)
to like; to prefer; to be pleased by
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
up through; up until; down to; from ... to ... (e.g. from head to toe); everything from ... to ...
brilliant achievement; spectacular feat; splendid accomplishment; remarkable deed
to tumble down; to roll down
even if not; even without
to distinguish; to recognize; to recognise; to tell apart; to differentiate
to knock (someone) down; to floor; to beat up; to deal a devastating blow (from which one cannot recover); to devastate (emotionally); to crush
deep pool; deep water; abyss; depths (e.g. of despair); grip (e.g. of death)
to degenerate; to lapse into
reason of being; raison d'être; meaning of one's existence
to penetrate a body (e.g. with a spear or bullet); to breathe new life into; to provide a potential solution
peremptorily; willy-nilly; forcibly
to bring near; to bring close; to let go near; to associate with; to bring (people) together; to let come near (of a person)
to be sticky; to be stringy; to be glutinous