linear; rectilinear; straight-line; straightforward; simple
easy to read; legible; clear
course correction; trajectory change; orbital adjustment
lump of meat; piece of flesh; human body
preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; being stranded; grounding
without; but if; otherwise; or else
smirkingly; broadly (grinning)
careful thought; consideration; deliberation; reflection; rumination; pondering
to rebuild; to reconstruct
out-boxing; hit-and-run; striking and running away
to paint over; to paint out; to fill in; to cover completely (with paint)
in the twinkling of an eye; in a flash
in short; the point is; the important thing is; in a word; basically
probability; likelihood; chances
deciding first; settling (a matter) first; first priority
(fixing) boundaries for religious practices; prohibition (of items, people, spirits, etc. that would hinder Buddhist practice); fence between inner and outer sanctums in a temple; (arch.) short two or three-fold lattice around the front desk of a store; barrier; dimensional barrier
to lock up; to shut up; to imprison
dispersion; breakup; variance; dispersion
escape; flight; running away; elopement; fleeing
waste (of money, time, etc.); squandering; frittering away
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
mess; spoiled; spoilt; (come to) nothing; ruin
trigger (of a gun, etc.); trigger (for something); immediate cause
to hesitate to say; to mumble; to hem and haw; to falter
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
to ill-treat; to bully; to torment; to be tough on (e.g. one's body); to treat harshly
to go with (a companion); to hang out with; to do together
sneakily; secretly; stealthily; on the sly
one day; (on) a certain day
then; and then; and; if so; because then; if that's the case
laughing foolishly; cackling
happy; auspicious; propitious; naive
kapow; bang; bulging; filled to bursting; prostitute (catering to Occupation soldiers in Japan after WWII)
astonished; shocked; amazed; astounded; aghast
authority; expert; counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.; understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; supernatural powers
to take a step backward; to step back (i.e. to re-think something); to distance oneself (from); to behave humbly; to budge (a little); to make one concession
blowing repeatedly (e.g. to cool something down); huffing and puffing; puffing and panting; struggling (with work, studies, etc.); having difficulty