startup; booting up; activation; starting (e.g. engine, computer); launch
advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful
diagonally; obliquely; slantingly; slantwise
to graze (e.g. bullet); to scratch; to touch lightly; to take a percentage; to exploit; to squeeze
quick; swift; nimble; quick (understanding, judgement, etc.); alert; prompt
concise; brief; succinct; compact (style)
deployment; spreading out; dispersal
characteristic quality; special character; one's function; one's duty; fief; inherited estate
triangle; triangular shape
head (of a line, group, etc.); front; lead; forefront; vanguard
sudden; abrupt; rapid; sharp; drastic; radical
gear; speed (e.g. 4-speed transmission)
acceleration; speeding up
by (means of); by doing; due to; via; through
to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to be out of alignment; to get dislodged; to deviate
to burst open; to pop; to split
fall; crash (of an aircraft)
to fly around; to scatter
on the occasion of; at the time of
stiffening; rigidity; rigor; stiffness; ossification; petrification
to clear up; to clear away; to refresh (e.g. spirits); to be cleared (e.g. of a suspicion); to be dispelled; to be banished
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; lower radical of a kanji; means of transportation
to stick (into); to pierce; to enter at full speed; to hit (e.g. the catcher's mitt) at speed
to move; to shift; to inspire; to rouse; to change; to alter; to operate
second (unit of time); arc second
cool; stylish; awesome; sick; sweet; dope
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
to fire (a gun) ceaselessly; to fire away; to blaze away; to fire volley after volley
to flap (wings); to spread one's wings; to go out into the world
to be buried; to be covered; to overflow; to be crowded; to be repaid (e.g. debt); to be replenished
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
to rise to the surface; to come to the front; to emerge (e.g. from obscurity); to stand out (e.g. against a dark background)
to knock down; to knock off
huff!; yo-heave-ho!; yoisho! (word shouted by the spectators during a yokozuna's ritual stomps); yoisho (filler word in folk music, etc.); flattery; buttering up (someone)
hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation
reopening; resumption; restarting
curve; turn; curveball; curve ball; (wine) cellar
narrow (blade); slender (figure, build); thin
here and there; in places
sharp (knife, claws, etc.); pointed; sharp (pain, tone, etc.); acute; keen (intuition, sense of smell, etc.); acute
descent; fall; drop; passing down (of an order, decree, etc.)
to speak (of something); to be effective; to be powerful; to be helpful
to stab (into); to thrust (violently); to plant (in the ground, snow, etc.); to set; to stick (upright)
informant; informer; contact; Information Provider