steward; butler; court official; deacon (Anglican, Lutheran, etc.)
enemy camp; enemy line; last 3 rows of the board
to level (earth); to cut through (a mountain); to split (the opposition); to break (strike)
writing off (a debt); cancellation; balancing the books; cancelling out (gains or losses); making even; making up (for)
fight; scuffle; walking about; walking around; conducting oneself; stroll (in noh, an action piece involving circling the stage)
confirmed as completed; everything must go (e.g. in a sale)
route; road; distance travelled in a day; one's ... (age, e.g. 40s, 60s)
just like; exactly like; as if; (do) just like ...; (be) virtually like ...; as if it were ...
to assume an aspect; to take on an appearance
dispatch; despatch; transmission; informing (e.g. of opinion); sharing (thoughts, etc.); telling
maze; labyrinth; inner ear
detour; circuitous route; diversion
to take the initiative; to forestall; to beat to the punch
hermit crab; renting a house; tenant; renter
machine; race car; racing motorcycle
lucky; nice!; score!; bingo!
raising the curtain; opening (of an event); start; beginning
to fall behind; to drop out; to drop; to fall; to spill
to scoff; to laugh at; to make fun of; to ridicule; to jeer at
reading in a monotone; stiff delivery; wooden delivery; reading a Chinese classical text without translating it into Japanese
one leap (i.e. skipping intermediate stages); one jump; one step; jumping (with both feet together)
hoot hoot; tu-whit tu-whoo; oh!; I see; huh!
big snake; (large) serpent
burly; strong; indomitable; indefatigable; robust (vitality, appetite, economic growth, etc.); strong
notches; serration; indentation; notched; serrated; jagged
to dance; to perform dance steps
physical law; laws of physics
phantasmagoric; protean; shape-shifting; kaleidoscopic; capable of ever-changing appearance
snakeheads; Chinese criminal gangs, esp. for smuggling Chinese immigrants
to think nothing of ...; to care nothing for ...; to be undaunted by ...; to defy ...; to brave ...; to pay no attention to ...
unavoidably; inevitably; necessarily; reluctantly; against one's will
restlessly; in continuous motion
to get high; to become inebriated
striking with the back of the sword
actual state (of things); actual conditions; reporting live; live broadcast; Let's Play (playthrough of a video game with player commentary)
to well up; to burst; to arise