hard fight; close game; struggle; tight contest
to force; to compel; to coerce; to press; to impose
satisfactory; decent; good; proper; respectable
to anticipate; to foresee
coping method; approach; how to deal with (problem, etc.)
to decide; to determine; to resolve; to break and overflow (e.g. levee); to collapse; to give way
sound; sure; safe; steady; firm
to take (preventive) measures; to come to an agreement (in bargaining, etc.); to strike a bargain; to clap one's hands together
shift; move; (work) shift; work schedule; gearshift; changing gears
(in) the air; midair; sky
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
then; and (then); in that case; if so
the vertical; height; front-to-back; length; north-to-south; vertical (relationship)
to pause; to have a short intermission
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
natural; reasonable; understandable
ace; ace (of a team); leading player; ace; hotshot; ace (serve)
to outwit; to outsmart; to counterplot; to pierce something all the way through
in a day; in a brief space of time
proper; appropriate; due; suitable
careful; elaborate; scrupulous
to spend time (on doing something)
Sunday; nth day (of the month); counter for days; Japan
reading; reading (of a kanji, esp. kun reading); reading (e.g. of a situation); insight
reversal (of a situation); turnaround; turnabout; reversal (of direction of rotation)
degeneracy; degeneration; degradation (CPU, memory, etc.)
hearth; fireplace; furnace; kiln; young girl; childlike young woman
crash; smash; crunch; bang
one revolution; one rotation
event; phenomenon; matter
charge; rush; dash; assault; attack
suffix for familiar person
disturbance; confusion; perturbation; commotion; turbulence
hunting gun (usu. shotgun or rifle)
to cause a person trouble
projection; protrusion; rupture (e.g. of gas); jetting out; prominence; standing out
to be degraded; to come down in the world; to lose status; to be ruined; to fall low
he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing
wild beast; wild animal; brute
critical moment; do-or-die situation; critical juncture
to become aroused (of emotions, nerves, etc.); to become excited; to become stirred up; to be proud; to be haughty; to be pompous