mark; sign; symbol; emblem; badge; crest
encircled flower seal (equiv. of a gold star awarded to children for good work at school)
plentiful; lot of; much; pile of
quick-witted and agile; keen and nimble
cowardly; timid; easily frightened
hundred days; lengthy time
number of persons; personnel
to await; to wait for; to expect
having at one's mercy; trifling with; toying with; playing with; making a fool of; leading around by the nose
deep (colour); dark; strong (flavour, smell, etc.); thick (consistency); dense; strong (possibility, etc.)
volume (sound level); volume; bulk; volume (book); volume (storage area); potentiometer
to hear a rumor; to get wind of
fear of heights; acrophobia
to save up; to stockpile; to stash away; to hoard; to amass; to salt away
with great vigour; in leaps and bounds; (lit.) with the force of surging waves
experienced person; person who has had a particular experience
mincing; chopping finely; short and repeated (movements; e.g. trembling, quick steps); gradual; bit by bit
to be a point of honor; to affect someone's good name
to be out of breath; to breathe hard (e.g. during physical activity); to pant
roundabout (e.g. expression); indirect (reference, criticism, etc.); oblique
gaining time; stalling for time; time-buying
stout-hearted; firm; courageous; brave; tough
recklessly; thoughtlessly; pamperingly; indulgently; shoo!; heave-ho; hallo
isolated; standing alone; falling in drops (e.g. rain); saying a single word; muttering just a few words
broken; interrupted; disconnected; intermittent; fragmentary; discontinuous
wiles; sinister design; trick; conspiracy; intrigue
crash; smash; crunch; bang
brilliance; polish; lustre; luster; glossy finish
dark gray; dark grey; donjiki (clerical dress)
completely; thoroughly; decisively; unsparingly; beyond recognition; until there's no untouched (undamaged) part
to be crushed; to be squashed (flat)
to think of; to come up with
cloudless (sky); without a cloud (in the sky)
century; era; of the century (e.g. fight of the century)
dividing into four; quartering
trikaya (three bodies of the Buddha)
development; growth; progress; development; expansion (of a typhoon, low-pressure area, etc.); developmental disability