proximity; nearness; being nearby; approaching; drawing near; coming close
total blockage; complete shutdown; stopping completely; shutout
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
steel; sword steel; sword
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
blow; shock; strike; batting
to bring (something); to take along; to fetch; to get
had better ...; had better not ...
seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
versus; against; to (e.g. score of 4 to 2, ratio of 3 to 1, vote of 320 to 180); toward ...; to ...; equal footing
never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
drop (candy); drop (fall); curve ball with a vertical drop; dropping (an unplayable ball); dropping (mouse gesture)
branch road; forked road; branch; crossroads (of a course of events); turning point; parting of the ways
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
red; crimson; scarlet; Red; communist
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
for (e.g. "she dances well for an eight-year old"); considering it's (something or someone)
comparatively; relatively
shh!; shush!; hush!; shoo!; scram!
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
a little; a bit; a small amount; a little while; a short time; a moment
to be oversized (overloud, etc.)
hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
and so on; and so forth; et cetera; comment; criticism
Tuesday; fire (second of the five elements)
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
yikes; oops; eep; wow; aargh
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
all one's power (strength, energy, efforts); one's utmost
fast; quick; easy; simple; as soon as ...; the moment ...
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front