to be effective; to be fruitful; to be worthwhile; to be worth; to be rewarded; to pay off
small; little; tiny; insignificant; humble; modest
hateful; detestable; abominable; amazing; fantastic; admirable
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext; excuse; grounds (for)
to steel oneself to; to brace oneself
trigger (of a gun, etc.); trigger (for something); immediate cause
suddenly (e.g. falling, weakening, etc.); sharply; with a jerk
ambush; lying in wait for an ambush
tracer bullet; star shell; flare bomb
request; favor; favour; reliance; dependence; trust
have no relation to; have no luck with; not be fated to
death; (an) out; death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation; most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)
to burst open; to split open; to be bursting with (e.g. youth, laughter, flavor); to bounce; to bound
to break (into pieces); to smash; to shatter (someone's hopes, confidence, etc.); to crush; to simplify; to make easy to understand
to put on (lower-body clothing, e.g. pants, skirt, footwear); to wear; to affix (a sword to one's hip); (arch.) to affix (a bowstring to a bow)
to underrate; to belittle; to look down on; to despise
tip of nose; before one's eyes; under one's nose; tip (of something)
soft and lacking firmness; weak; weak-willed; spineless; weak (market); bearish
loading; charging; filling
to run away; to flee; to escape; to make a getaway; to skedaddle
cellar; cave; hole in the ground
end (e.g. of a line); tail end; rear; backmost part
the other day; lately; recently; during this period
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
hogging; having all to oneself; monopolising; monopolizing
mushrooming; mushroom picking; mushroom gathering
midwinter; dead of winter
regrettable; unfortunate; disappointing; vexing
close thicket; dense forest; jungle; Amazon (online retailer)
to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with; to be equivalent to
conifer; needle-leaved tree
to stretch around (e.g. a fence, dragnet, etc.); to lay out (e.g. a wiring system, network, etc.); to string up (e.g. an antenna, ship's rigging, etc.)
to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up
obstacle; impediment; disability; handicap; steeplechase; obstacle race
cowardly; timid; easily frightened
to curl oneself up; to squeeze oneself in; to be huddled
opposite; reverse; contrary; front and back; parallel to; back to back
to loosen; to slacken; to relax (attention, efforts, etc.); to let down (one's guard); to relax (a rule); to ease (e.g. restrictions)
(on) one's own; (by) oneself
to run; to dash; to gallop (on horseback); to canter; (arch.) to advance (against one's enemy); (arch.) to charge (on horseback)
to steal; to rob; to deceive; to trick; to graze (in passing); to skim; to appear and quickly disappear (a thought, a smile, etc.)