scattering; diffusion; spread (e.g. signal across the spectrum)
impossible; unlikely; improbable
to break; to smash; to defeat; to destroy; to eliminate
to rescue from; to help out of; to save
regarding as dangerous; identifying as a threat
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
to disdain; to look down on; to make light of; to hold in contempt; to scorn; to despise
considerably; not a little; in no small numbers
gossip; corner of the mouth
to elevate; to raise; to lift up; to flatter; to extol; to praise to the sky
meaningfully (smiling, grinning, etc.); suggestively; broadly; sneeringly
stealthily; secretly; in secret
to disagree; to dispute; to fight (over)
place to put something; storage space; storehouse; depository; repository; shed
Eh?; What?; Come on!; Damn!
to become pale; to turn pale
awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained
anxiety; uneasiness; worry; apprehension; fear; insecurity
what's what; heads or tails
one's own convenience; one's way; surroundings; environment; convenience; ease of use; financial circumstances
hands and feet; limbs; person at one's beck and call; person at hand; reliable worker
advance warning; previous notice; announcement; herald; harbinger; forerunner
to do what one is told to; to take someone's advice; to listen to what someone says
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
distress; wretched condition
not a chance; you wish!; that's not going to happen; that won't work
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; means of transportation
tea utensils; container for powdered green tea (tea ceremony)
to thrust before; to thrust at
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
something heard for the first time; hearing something for the first time
reading; reading (of a kanji, esp. kun reading); reading (e.g. of a situation); insight
important person; strategic person; key figure
cowardly; craven; unfair; mean; sneaky
intention; wish; purpose; mind (to do)
to lay aside; to set aside
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext
to try and do something; to attempt to do something
the clouds look menacing; things don't look good
to put an end to something; to get something over with; to quit something one has been engaged in too long or to an excessive degree
strange; unfamiliar; mysterious; suspicious; (lit.) of an unknown nature
while; even though; despite