king; monarch; ruler; champion
frog; kajika frog (Buergeria buergeri)
third stage; three stages
falling far short (of); being far behind; being far inferior (to); being no match (for)
staring (e.g. eyes); goggling; glaring
evening glow; red sunset; afterglow (of sunset)
to be impatient; to be eager; to be restless; to be excited; to be in high spirits
to cut into (a line, conversation, etc.); to force oneself into (e.g. a crowd); to wedge oneself into; to fall below (of stock prices, sales, etc.); to drop below
to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect
connection; attachment; changing trains; conjunction
lower part; substructure; subordinate (office); good and faithful servant
to go against; to fight against; to oppose; to resist; to deny
main ingredients; chief materials
exterior; outside; outer; external; lateral
to accompany; to follow; to keep up with
dry riverbed; river beach
disaster; calamity; misfortune
to grovel; to go down on one's hands and knees
to apply pressure (on); to bring pressure upon; to lean on
change; modification; alteration; revision; amendment
to make good; to improve; to do often; to be kind to; to treat well
weighting (in averaging); aggravation
serious; severe; grave; acute
tail (animal, kite, comet, etc.); tail end; slope at the foot of a mountain
to be of no concern to one; to be nothing to do with one
assistance; backing; reinforcements
to draw an arc (e.g. with a compass); to describe an arc (e.g. through the air)
falling on one's backside (behind, bottom); pratfall; mochi used to celebrate a child's first birthday; mochi tied to a baby's back if he starts walking before his first birthday in order to cause him to fall on his backside
robot; (mere) puppet; pawn; figurehead
convenient; favorable; favourable; expedient; expedience
to weigh on one's mind; to trouble one's heart; to be concerned about; to worry about
to give a warning; to remind (a person) of
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
to become overgrown; to grow thick; to spread; to run rampant; to thrive
embodiment; manifestation; materialization; materialisation; expression; indication
withering; shrivelling; shrinking; atrophy; contraction
filling (up); replenishing; filling in (tooth); loading (gun with ammunition, camera with film, etc.); packing; plugging
pair; the two; both persons; both things
equal (in ability); even; evenly matched; well-matched; on par (with)