check; keeping in check; containment (of enemy forces); diversionary action; pickoff throw; holding (a runner) on base
throwing in; inserting; investment; commitment (of funds, personnel, etc.); launching (a product into the market); introduction
trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
reserve; spare; preparation; preliminaries
to take (something) along; to bring with one; to carry (something) away; to bear
establishment; institution; installation (of a machine or equipment)
copy; photocopy; book jacket blurb; (advertising) slogan
the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; as soon as; whether or not
to go out and away; to leave
circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral
magic; sorcery; wizardry; magic (illusion); conjuring
opening (in a game of go, chess, etc.); early stages; initial phase; outset
middle stage; middle phase; middle game; midfield (in soccer)
lively; full of spirit; energetic; healthy; well; fit
often; frequently; lightly (of a movement); easily; simply
(and) then; and; thereupon; in that case; then; so
laying one's head in someone's lap; using someone's lap for a pillow
pillow; bolster; introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in
unconsciousness; unconscious; involuntary; the unconscious
manners; behavior; behaviour
to sew; to stitch; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)
contact; connectedness; rapport; mutual touching
to be too numerous; to be too much
to come out all right; to take care of itself; to go crazy; to become romantically or sexually involved (with someone)
rubbing cheeks together (as a display of affection); pressing cheeks together
to well up (of tears, anger, joy, etc.); to surge up (within oneself); to rise; to feel nauseated; to feel sick
society; the world; the times
exaggerated; overdone; overblown; hyperbolic; bombastic; grandiose
to behave like a spoiled child; to fawn on; to take advantage of; to presume upon (e.g. another's benevolence); to depend on
distance; range; difference (e.g. in opinion); gap; metric
to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
to give (time, money, goods); to donate; to do; to perform; to apply (processing, makeup, etc.); to add (e.g. ornamentation, annotation)
seal; to seal (e.g. a letter); to affix a seal; to seal up
pulsation; pulsatory motion
heavy heartbeat; thumping; pounding
bottom; sole; depths (e.g. of despair, the sea); bottom (of one's heart); limit; end
depths; deep place; bottom (of one's heart)
to emit; to spout; to spurt; to boil over
to become familiar with; to get used to; to become accustomed to; to come to fit; to go (well) with; to suit
to be solved; to be worked out; to come loose; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. of a ban)