bitter enemies in the same boat; rivals finding themselves together by chance
eclipse (solar, lunar, etc.)
way; method; means; resource; course
child; small person; dwarf; midget; narrow-minded person; mean person
to dance (orig. a hopping dance)
to bring forward (e.g. by 3 hours); to advance; to hasten (e.g. one's death); to quicken (e.g. one's step); to speed up; to accelerate
someone who studies very hard (at school); grind; swot; studying hard; cramming; swotting
savage; barbarous; barbaric; uncivilized; uncivilised
nail (e.g. fingernail, toenail); claw; plectrum; pick; hook; clasp
misrecognition; mistaking (x for y)
good; fine; excellent; favorable; favourable; satisfactory
somehow; somewhat; seemingly
union; alliance; combination; RENGO (Japanese Trade Union Confederation)
boo! (sound used to scare someone); ugh (dissatisfaction, aggravation); ulp (consternation)
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
stone weight (as used on pickle-tub covers); weight (as used in balances)
to pile up; to stack up; to accumulate
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
hard to get; hard to come by
to benefit; to profit; to gain; to reap rewards
roleplay (e.g. in RPG computer games)
to discuss; to talk together
gang of young toughs; hooligans; hoodlums; hoods; yobbos
number of persons; personnel
to open hostilities; to take up arms (against)
someone else's hands; someone else's possession; hand (worker); aide; labor; labour
uncontainable; irrepressible; uncontrollable
puddle of blood; pool of blood