natural; inborn; innate; inherent; characteristic
to wake (someone) up (roughly); to rouse out of bed; to awaken (someone) by knocking at the door
battlefield; battleground
suddenly; in a flash; quickly; conspicuously; prominently; showily
to break; to be broken; to be folded; to give in; to back down; to turn (a corner)
to cling to ... in tears; to beg ... in tears; to appeal; to throw oneself on someone's mercy
unskilled; clumsy; lousy; poor; awkward; shitty
what the hell; oh, great!; son of a gun; holy mackerel; oh no!; holy cow!
(fish) biting at every cast
to leap out (e.g. onto the stage); to spring out; to jump (e.g. into first place); to shoot (e.g. to the top); to come to the forefront
going straight on; going straight ahead
step; stride; counter for steps
to fire from a job; to dismiss; to discharge; to behead
often (happens); tend to; be apt to; be likely to
new leaves; young leaves; fresh verdure
not going (well); not proceeding (as one wishes); bad; not good; hopeless; beyond hope
to be excited; to be nervous; to be thrilled
strategy meeting; council of war
transmission (e.g. news, chemical signals, electricity); communication; delivery; conveyance; transfer; relay
host; landlord; innkeeper
to cut off; to lop off; to prune
to burn; to burn with (emotion, feeling); to be fired up
to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do
to stare (at); to gaze (at); to look hard (at); to watch intently; to fix one's eyes (on)
bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)
foolish question; stupid question; one's question
(production) lot; batch; lot (land); plot
only; just; solely; prostitute attached to a single member of the post-WWII occupation forces
outward appearance; looks
(hard) candy; toffee; rice-sugar; sugar made from the starch of rice, potatoes, etc.; amber; yellowish-brown
first year of junior high school; first-year junior high school student
index finger; forefinger; first (occ. second) finger; second toe