to scatter; to sprinkle; to spray; to lavish (money, charm, etc.)
plectrum (for a shamisen, biwa, etc.); pick; drumstick (for taiko); mallet (for a gong); beater
of uncertain meaning; ambiguous; cryptic; nonsensical; incomprehensible; perplexing
utterance; speaking; vocalization; leading a group of people (in cheering, singing, etc.)
to put back; to return; to vomit; to throw up; to recover (of a market price)
(divine) punishment; curse; retribution
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
until now; till now; up to now; up to the present; so far
several hundred; hundreds (of)
how much; how many; to what extent
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
general secretary (of a party, union, etc.); secretary-general; chief secretary
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
post; official position; managerial position; executive position
to go back to square one; to make a fresh start; to be back where one started
proposal; proposition; suggestion
to strike; to hit; to beat; to punch
punishment; penalty; penal regulations; penal provisions; penal code
what one desires; what one hopes for; suits me well; could ask for nothing better; bring it on
judge; judgement; decision; judging (a person, situation, etc.); judgement
advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful
what; so-and-so; such and such; what?; wait; well, well
to go ahead; to pull ahead
very interesting; of absorbing interest; having a keen interest (in); being immensely curious (about)
too (much); overly; excessively
out (of a ball; in tennis, etc.); outside the line; out; putout; outer; external; exit
chop (pork, lamb, etc.); chop; chop (in tennis or table tennis); chop stroke
Adam's apple; laryngeal prominence
elbowing (someone); rejection; rebuff
pit of the stomach; solar plexus
accurate; precise; exact; appropriate; apt; right
to gouge; to hollow out; to greatly perturb; to cause emotional pain; to get to the bottom of things; to relentlessly bring the truth to light
with repeated sharp blows; whack after whack; strictly; harshly; vigorously; singlemindedly
judgement; judgment; refereeing; umpiring; judgement (of God); referee
finger flick to the forehead
flat; even; level; plain (language, words, etc.); simple
artificial; unnatural; human-caused (e.g. mistake, error, disaster); man-made
to mow; to reap; to harvest; to eradicate; to root out (e.g. evil); to remove
felling timber; cutting down trees; logging; lumbering
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little