to be in a hurry; to be impatient; to be anxious (to do); to get a fright; to panic; to get flustered
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
to throw into disorder; to disarrange; to disturb (order, peace, etc.); to corrupt (public morals); to dishevel (hair)
junk; rubbish; trash; garbage; odds and ends
ability; performance; efficiency
to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off
to read and understand; to subject to close analysis; to read deeply; to decipher; to decode
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) very; (not) much
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
divine possession; eccentric behavior; fanaticism
possession (by a spirit, etc.); dependence; depending on
Lagenaria siceraria var. gourda (variety of bottle gourd); gourd (container) made from its fruit
miko; shrine maiden; young girl or woman (trad. an unmarried virgin) who assists priests at shrines; medium; sorceress; shamaness
boy; son; child; mere boy; stripling; greenhorn
to play for time; to use delaying tactics
mobile telephone; cellular telephone
to emit; to spout; to spurt; to boil over
power; might; authority; influence
to take over; to capture; to seize; to hijack (vehicle, account, etc.)
for dear life; barely escaping alive
to pick up; to find; to gather
to be responsible for; to bear the responsibility of
hello (e.g. on phone); excuse me! (when calling out to someone)
composition; synthesis; composite photo; (function) composition
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; irritating; troublesome; heavy (weather); cloudy
preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; being stranded; grounding
(suffering) damage; injury; harm
magnification; enlargement; expansion; amplification
to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
prey; catch; kill; spoils; trophy; loot
snatching; stealing; seizure; usurpation
manners; courtesy; etiquette
to think (something) is improper; to question; to have a problem with
stretching a rope around; roping off; one's turf; domain; territory (of an animal)
doing whatever one pleases
rude; impolite; mannerless; snotty
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
constraint; reserve; feeling hesitant; being afraid of troubling someone
(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to
just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment
escape; break-out; prolapse; proptosis
slope; incline; hill; milestone; (age) mark