to have; to possess; to own; to be endowed with
holding a castle (during a siege); holing up; confinement (to one's home); staying at home; staying indoors
defeat; loss; failing to live up to (one's name, looks, etc.); discount; loss (on a sale)
to delay; to put off; to procrastinate
usurpation; taking back; dispossession
dangerous; risky; awful; terrible; terrific; amazing
idea; plan; fancy; impulse; thought; whim
transmission (e.g. news, chemical signals, electricity); communication; delivery; conveyance; transfer; relay
precipitous; rugged; inaccessible; grim; severe; stern
to be unreasonable; to whine; to act like a baby
intimacy; affection; familiarity
rational; reasonable; logical
to flicker; to quiver; to waver; to sway
spontaneous discharge; accidental gun discharge
bad move (in chess, shogi, etc.)
tofu; bean curd; beancurd
kitchen knife; carving knife; (arch.) cooking; (arch.) food
uninhabited area; acting inhumanly; inhuman person; nonhuman life (usu. sentient)
crystal; crystallization; crystallisation; fruits (of labor, union, etc.)
journal; magazine; periodical
to smash up; to defeat crushingly
to hew; to chop up; to mangle; to mince
(lit.) blood flows; to have the blood of ... running in one's veins (artist, warrior, etc.); to be born with particular skills, characteristics, etc.; to have something "in one's blood"
spurt of blood (from one's victim)
hypothesis; supposition; assumption; tentative theory
obstinate; stubborn; mulish; die-hard; bigoted
stone (of a fruit); pit; core (of an organization, team, etc.); nucleus; nuclear weapons; nucleus (of an atom); nucleus (of a cell)
shaking; shake; unsettledness; instability; existence of multiple spellings, pronunciations, usages, etc. for a single word
so; accordingly; now; then; thereupon; therefore
to pour into (liquids); to pump into
to blow violently; to sweep over; to devastate
an order of magnitude higher; off by a digit; in a different league; unbelievable; incomparable; unimaginable
reaction; response; reaction
organ (of body, plant, etc.)
to squeeze out; to wring out
enumeration; citation; listing
unprecedented; unique; unparalleled
elaborate but slow execution; polished but slow work
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to show someone (into a room)
rivalry (between two equally strong sides); struggle for supremacy; competing (with); vying (with); contending (with); being an equal match (for)
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
vitality; (one's) life force
bank; weir; embankment; levee
burst (e.g. dam, embankment, levee); breach; collapse; washout; rupture
to get blurry vision; to get bleary eyes; to get dim eyesight