flames produced by an explosion; explosive flames
chain; series; connection; linkage
combo (esp. a small jazz group); combination; set; combo (set of actions performed in sequence)
sad news; news of a death; death notice
deduction; subtraction; balance; ebb and flow; rise and fall
(being in) the black; surplus; black letter
to curse (at someone); to call someone names; to speak bitterly
workmanship; craftsmanship; grades; results; quality (e.g. of a crop); dealings
work; workmanship; craftsmanship; artifice; trick; device
face; mug; surface; cheek meat; (arch.) cheek; (arch.) cheeks
firearms; missile; projectile weapon
to pin (someone) down; to hold down; to shut out (one's opponent); to keep (the opposing team) from scoring; to suppress; to control
looking aside; looking away; (from the) eyes of an onlooker; outsider's view; looking on from the side
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
gotcha; alrighty; got it; OK
to jump at; to leap at; to fly at; to spring at; to pounce on
suppression (e.g. of free speech); force-out
literally; to the letter; literal
here and there; in places
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
form; shape; state; condition; letter; correspondence
bomb; alcohol with liquor added (esp. wine-based shōchū highball, also beer with whiskey)
really; very; extremely; (not) anything; (not) at all; (not) a bit
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
to emboss; to carve in relief; to bring to the fore; to accentuate; to throw into relief
to seal (e.g. a letter); to prevent (e.g. movement); to forbid; to block (e.g. speech)
reading aloud; recitation
judgment; judgement; discernment
perfunctory; apathetic; makeshift; slapdash; routine; usual
floating island (mass of floating aquatic plants); island that appears to be floating (due to the mirage effect)
which; where; all; both; anyway; anyhow
stone (of a fruit); pit; core (of an organization, team, etc.); nucleus; nuclear weapons; nucleus (of an atom); nucleus (of a cell)
transport; transportation; conveyance; carriage
to penetrate; to sink in; to devote oneself (to); to do intently and exclusively; to do throughout (e.g. the night)
make; manufacture; -made; made of ...; made in ...
present age; present day; contemporary; modern era; modern times; contemporary era
mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary
eruption; volcanic eruption
with a start; with a jump