advantage; benefit; merit; good point; plus
to break; to be broken; to be folded; to give in; to back down; to turn (a corner)
preference; priority; precedence
spirit; mind; nature; disposition; motivation; intention
interference (esp. in horse racing)
skewer; spit; skewering; impalement; running through (e.g. with spear)
to clear away; to clear land; to prune; to lop off
to jump over; to clear; to walk over (someone)
to take (a person) unawares; to make a surprise attack
return gift; return favour (favor); revenge; change (in a cash transaction)
to groan; to moan; to roar; to howl; to hum (engine, wind, etc.); to buzz; to ooh and aah (in admiration)
deplorable; regrettable; disappointing; vexing; unfortunate
to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand
to press against; to push against; to force against; to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)
rivalry (between two equally strong sides); struggle for supremacy; competing (with); vying (with); contending (with); being an equal match (for)
influenced (by); under an influence
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
space; air; midair; (from) memory; (by) heart
top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes
left arm; left-handed (baseball pitcher)
to graze (e.g. bullet); to scratch; to touch lightly; to take a percentage; to exploit; to squeeze
dull sound; muffled sound
force; vigor; influence; authority; impetus; momentum
skillful; skilful; adroit; clever; shrewd; ingenious
to bend; to warp; to curve
to throw at; to throw something at a person; to throw a person down
in succession; one after another
distorted; crooked; oval; elliptical shape; round, wooden container for cooked rice; oval coin
pillar; post; support; prop; counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.
absurd; foolish; stupid; silly; nonsense; ludicrous
tower; steeple; spire; stupa; pagoda; dagoba
how many people; a number of people
fat; thick; deep (of a voice); thick; daring; shameless
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)
to detach; to decapitate; to cut loose; to let loose; to dismember
to suddenly understand (esp. on basis of experience or memory); to come to mind; to recall (in a flash); to be reminded of; to call to mind; to think of
immediately; right away; on the spot
enormous; gargantuan; immense; ridiculously large
leaving a decision to someone else (often of a meal to be selected by the chef); omakase
unmarried woman; Miss; -ess; -ette