railway crossing; railroad crossing; starting line; scratch; determination; stepping over the edge of the ring
disappearance; vanishing; loss; dying away; wearing off
difference; distinction; discrepancy; mistake; error
crown (of head); summit (of mountain); easy win for one; something received
equal; identical; the same; no different (from); just like; equivalent
to challenge to (a fight, game, etc.); to throw down the gauntlet; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to attempt; to pressure (someone) for sex; to make advances to
to stake; to risk; to bet; to wager
to pierce through; to break through
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
to trample; to crush underfoot
top of the shoulders; tip of the shoulder; collar
to draw an arc (e.g. with a compass); to describe an arc (e.g. through the air); to form an arc
madness; insanity; irregularity; deviation; fanaticism; fanatic
(direct) hit; hitting the mark
zigzag-shaped paper streamer often used to adorn Shinto-related objects; hornbeam (deciduous tree in the birch family)
empty-handed; unarmed; lacking funds
dreadnought class (of warship)
to burn completely; to consume (by fire); to burn to nothing; to burn to the ground; to reduce to ashes
surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality
to burn; to scorch; to singe; to char
model; prototype; archetype; (sewing) pattern
preservation; retainment; keeping
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
to draw (water, etc.); to scoop up; to pump up; to draw on (ideas) (from subordinates, the public, etc.); to take into account; to adopt
contortion; distortion; warp; kink (in one's character); twist
particle; atom; little piece; not at all; not the slightest
quiver; quaver; flutter; statistical fluctuation
without; unacceptable; not alright; (arch.) nonexistent; (arch.) not being (there)
to dive (into or under water); to get under; to get into; to hide oneself (esp. from the government); to conceal oneself
to burn; to burn down; to be roasted; to be thoroughly cooked; to be sunburnt; to fade (in the sun); to glow red (i.e. of the sky at sunset)
to burst into flames; to fire (of a gun); to fan a fire with one's breath; to breathe fire; to spit fire
suppression (e.g. of free speech); force-out
comparatively; relatively; fairly; rather; pretty; unexpectedly
hair; fur; wool; down; plumage