military gains; war results; fruit of battle
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth
observation; survey; measurement; opinion; prediction; thinking
platform; podium; (ceremonial) mound; world (of haiku, art, etc.); (literary) circles; (arch.) mandala
four times (as much); quadruple; fourfold
to turn towards; to point
drone; unmanned aircraft; drone
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
implementation (e.g. of a feature); installation (of equipment); mounting; packaging
reconnaissance plane; spy plane
cunning deed; sly trick; foul play; cunning person; sly fellow; cheat
to knock down; to shoot down; to lop off
to fire into (e.g. a crowd); to launch (e.g. missiles); to lob (e.g. grenades)
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
dot; spot; mark (in an exam, etc.); grade; point (in a game); score; point (in geometry)
unidentified flying object; UFO
mincing; chopping finely; short and repeated (movements) (e.g. trembling, stepping quickly); gradual; bit by bit
to come off; to be removed; to disappear (of pain, a fever, etc.); to be caught; to be harvested; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
running continuously; firing in rapid succession
forever; endlessly; on and on; meandering; wandering; winding
bombarding; shelling; bombardment
(fig.) rat in a trap; (fig.) trapped rat; (lit.) rat in a bag
in either case (used specifically in the instance of two possible outcomes or situations); either way; one way or another
to be softened; to calm down
(inflected) end of a word; end of a sentence
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; being stranded; grounding
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
to burst open; to split open; to be bursting with (e.g. youth, laughter, flavor); to bounce; to bound
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
ramming attack; hurling oneself (at); throwing oneself into (e.g. a role); going all out
one machine; one aircraft; one life
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
yen (Japanese monetary unit); circle
to be stingy (with); to skimp (on)
to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (somebody)
middle; midway; middle position; moderate position; interim; intermediary