severe wound; serious wound; gash
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
something easy to do; cinch
your husband; her husband
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
toes; tips of the toes; toe of a shoe, sock, etc.
accessory; fittings; appurtenances
application; subscription; entry (competition, raffle, etc.); enlistment
to compete (with each other); to contend for; to vie for; to rival
one's eyes; (pair of) eyes
to tremble violently; to shudder up; to shake
to jump in; to leap in; to plunge into; to burst in; to barge in
to tease; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make a crack about; to chaff; to kid
to join (hands); to take (each other's hands); to scramble for; to struggle for; to pay attention to; to take notice of
loudly (wailing, making a noise, etc.)
good feeling; good will; favourable impression; favorable impression
clear as day; perfectly obvious; plain as daylight
desperately; for one's dear life
to be damaged; to receive damage
dry eye syndrome; DES; keratoconjunctivitis sicca; keratitis sicca
foreseeing; anticipating; lookahead; prefetching; reading ahead
Herculean task; next-to-impossible undertaking
to rise; to swell; to be promoted
freezing (e.g. water); freezing (prices, wages, assets, etc.); moratorium; suspension (e.g. investment)
somehow; for some reason or other
carving; engraving; sculpture
thick; viscous; muddy; dirty (with oil, grease, etc.); to be in an ugly state (of emotions, relations, etc.); to be murky
superiority complex; sense of superiority
acceleration; speeding up
crossing; intersection; (genetic) crossing over
trunk; torso; plastron (in kendo); touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo); frame (of a drum, etc.); sound box (of a shamisen, etc.)
proof; testimony; demonstration; verification; certification
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
bits and pieces; frizzily (as in perm)
decisive blow; game-winning hit (e.g. in baseball)
(not) even once; (not) ever
hot; warm; passionate; impassioned; on everybody's mind; on the radar
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
to continue to do; to persist in doing
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
a long time (since the last time)
anyway; by the way; incidentally; well; to change the subject