to stab (into); to thrust (violently); to plant (in the ground, snow, etc.); to set; to stick (upright)
to make a fresh start; to turn over a new leaf; to call again; to visit again; to come again
to run out of; to dry up; to be depleted; to hit the bottom; to bottom out
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
stiffening; rigidity; rigor; stiffness; ossification; petrification
unsatisfying; disappointing; abrupt; not enough; too quick; too short
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
numerical value; figure; result; reading (on a meter, etc.)
good flavor (flavour); good taste; umami (fifth category of taste in food); skill; cleverness; profit
and yet; even so; nonetheless; for all that
about; concerning; related to; -ish
advance; moving forward; progress
identical; same; one and the same; fair; equal treatment; without discrimination
abundant; plentiful; rich; wealthy; open (mind); relaxed
to blow off (strongly); to blow away; to drive away (e.g. one's worries); to dispel; to do at great speed (e.g. drive a car); to carry out (a task) very quickly
to roll; to wheel; to turn over; to tip over; to leave; to buy and sell (quickly for a profit)
to see to it that ...; to make sure that ...; to try to ...; to make an effort to ...
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
to make a display of; to show off; to flaunt
closing in on (the enemy, first place, etc.); coming close to; pressing hard; pressing hard (e.g. with a question); taking to task; grilling
throat; important part; vital area
one's body; one's person; oneself; one's appearance; one's place (in society, etc.); one's position
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
to be crushed; to be squashed; to go bankrupt; to go under; to be ruined (of a plan); to be cancelled; to be lost (of one's voice, eyesight, sense of smell, etc.)
a glance; a look; a glimpse
same time; simultaneous; concurrent; synchronous
splendid; fine; praiseworthy; creditable; legal; legitimate
live decoy (for hunting); decoy; bait; lure
to play a role; to serve a function; to play a part
ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom
invalid; void; ineffective; unavailable
absorption; suction; attraction
other side; other party; other end (e.g. of phone connection); opposition
treachery; betrayal; perfidy
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
highest; uppermost; topmost; oldest; eldest
standard practice; playing by the book; established tactic; joseki (jōseki); standard sequence of moves (esp. in a corner)
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
to be based (on); to be founded (on); to be grounded (on); to be due to; to come (from); to arise (from)
example; instance; precedent; custom; habit