concise; brief; succinct; compact (style)
to take the initiative; to forestall; to beat to the punch
sense of anticipation; feeling of expectation; feeling of hope
by all means; at all costs; absolutely
husband; groom; (one's) son-in-law
indiscrete; imprudent; unscrupulous
hearty; tremendous; magnificent; glorious; splendid; heroic
hands and feet; limbs; person at one's beck and call; person at hand; reliable worker
to clatter; to flap (noisily); to rattle; to walk around being unable to settle down
sexy; popular; well-liked
stomach; Chinese "stomach" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
eyes; expression of the eyes; area around the eyes; skin round one's eyes
to shut; to close; to block (a street, entrance, etc.); to shut in (with snow, ice, etc.); to shut off; to consume (with negative feelings)
stout; corpulent; plump; voluptuous
(a) principle; (a) reason; (a) point; some truth
fuel consumption; gas mileage
to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death); to bequeath
simply put; putting it simply; in short
to be closed; to be blocked; to be clogged; to be plugged up; to be occupied; to be taken (e.g. accommodation)
very small amount; insignificant thing; negligible amount
extraordinary; preposterous; outrageous; absurd
to be fed up (with); to be tired (of); to be stumped; to be nonplussed; to wince; to shrink back
(not so) much; (not) very
war situation; progress of a battle
to omit; to leave out; to exclude; to curtail; to save; to cut down
to imagine; to picture; to figure; to see
to churn up; to strike up; to throw up; to tip up; to flip up
in process; during execution; runtime
ingredient; component; composition
extraction; abstraction; selection (from a group); sampling
spell; curse; dharani; mantra
unique; peculiar; singular
to slaughter; to massacre; to butcher; to defeat soundly; to overpower; to vanquish
jack-in-the-box; jack-in-a-box
to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)
to hold in one's mouth (without biting, before chewing or swallowing, etc.)
eradication; extermination; rooting out; stamping out; getting rid of
fixed interval; fixed period