vigilance; caution; alertness; precaution; being on guard
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
(dragging a large or heavy item) slowly; (falling) little by little; (slipping) gradually; on and on; while putting off; with a slurp
to set one's hand to; to start work on; to embezzle; to use (money obtained in illegal fashion); to have sexual relations; to have an affair
motionlessly (e.g. stand, wait); (be) still; fixedly (e.g. gaze, stare); intently (e.g. listen, think); patiently (endure); stoically
to return to normal; to revert to the starting point; to go back to how it was
maintenance; preservation; improvement
sense for (how to use) money; money sense
cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga
comic books; comics; comic; comical
to have an eye on; to zero in on
stimulus; impetus; incentive; encouragement; motivation; provocation
weak point; weakness; shortcoming; defect; flaw; sore spot
to elevate; to raise; to lift up; to flatter; to extol; to praise to the sky
pleasant feeling; pleasant sensation; pleasure
speaking of ...; as for ...
something; nothing (with neg. verb)
to replace; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute
difficult to ...; hard to ...
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
to swoop down upon; to fly down; to alight
meeting place; open area for meetings, markets, etc.
festival (esp. music, film, etc.)
curtain raising; starting (e.g. play, concert)
to take measures (in face of events being anticipated); to come to an agreement (in bargaining, etc.); to strike a bargain; to clap one's hands together
slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
to smoke; to smoulder; to be sooty; to be smoke-stained; to smoulder (e.g. a dispute); to smolder
to swell; to rise; to bulge; to rouse; to get excited
cherry tree; cherry blossom; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder; horse meat
pole; rod; line; dash; spoken monotonously
first place; first rank; unit's position; Japanese yew (Taxus cuspidata)