threat; bird-scaring device (scarecrow, gun, etc.)
to swing; to sway; to shake; to waver; to feel shaken; to become unstable
to drive away; to clear; to scatter; to disperse
to shut out; to bar; to lock out; to exclude
retaliation; revenge; reprisal; retorsion; retortion
exit (from a stage); exeunt; leaving; exit
management; administration; operation; running (business); conducting
not ... for nothing; not ... with nothing to show for it; worthwhile; no wonder ...
admission; joining; enrollment; enrolment
judging; inspection; examination; investigation; review
coercion; extortion; compulsion; force
last drink (of sake); last glass; last cup
mass-market newspaper; tabloid newspaper
to close (one's eyes); to shut
to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off
surroundings; environs; circumference
currying favour; being anxious to please; bootlicker
professional jester; professional entertainer; comedian; flatterer; sycophant; brown-noser
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
company; association; regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour); counter for companies, shrines, etc.
nail (e.g. fingernail, toenail); claw; plectrum; pick; hook; clasp
Lyon (France); Riom (France); Riyon
opening (a new store, golf course, runway, etc.); open; frank; open (car, collar, tournament, etc.)
mama; mamma; mom; female proprietress (of a bar, etc.)
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
police officer; policeman; constable
something heard for the first time; hearing something for the first time
a kind; a sort; of sorts; something of a; sort of; somewhat
obstacle; hindrance; impediment; difficulty
cancellation; liquidation; resolution; reduction (e.g. of stress)
way (of doing things); method; style; school (e.g. of poetry)
to be unusual (of a person or of a thing); to be uncommon; to be peculiar; to be crazy; to be eccentric; to be different
wholehearted; earnest; determined; intent; single-minded; straightforward
one day; (on) a certain day
to carve; to engrave; to sculpt; to tattoo
and; or; and the like; and so forth; and what not
to each his own; people differ; different people (have different likes)
one long straight object (e.g. strand of hair, beam of light, wisp of smoke); a single bloodline; earnest; resolute; (arch.) ordinary; (arch.) common
to exert oneself and win; to gain (victory)