stronghold; inner citadel; base; headquarters
forcing (e.g. a vote); carrying out (forcibly); pushing ahead (with); enforcement
needle; pin; hook; stinger; thorn; hand (e.g. clock, etc.); pointer
to disagree; to dispute; to fight (over)
copy; photocopy; book jacket blurb; (advertising) slogan
meeting (face-to-face); seeing; visit; interview
hey there; I say; see here
way one walks; one's walk
class; order; et cetera; etc.; equal; iso-
to serve as a reference; to provide useful information; to be helpful; to be informative; to be instructive
hotcake; (American) pancake
to stab; to stick; to pierce; to thrust
between-meal snack; mid-afternoon (around 3 o'clock) snack; afternoon refreshment; afternoon tea
putting on the market; putting on sale; making commercially available; commercial; off-the-shelf; store-bought
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake
knack; skill; bone; skeleton; cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
heating power; thermal power; firepower
carbonic acid gas; carbon dioxide; CO2
to be baked (food); to be printed (photos); to be fired (pottery)
creeping (of an insect, etc.); crawling; restlessly; fidgeting; hesitantly; slowly
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
technique; art; skill; move
to burn; to roast; to grill; to bake
counter for thin, flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper, plates, coins); counter for portions of gyōza or soba; counter for ranks; counter for wrestlers of a particular rank; counter for fields or rice paddies; counter for palanquin bearers
seeing (with the naked eye); observation; visual inspection
to cut and divide; to cut up; to cut into pieces; to distinguish (e.g. facets of a problem); to isolate
to drill; to bore; to hit the mark; to get to the heart of (the matter); (arch.) to put on; (arch.) to wear
range of use; range of application; range of applications; scope (of a document)
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
to eat up (completely); to put down (a rebellion); to suppress; (arch.) to make flat; (arch.) to level out
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
to cool down; to get cold; to cool off (excitement, temper, etc.); to subside; to be cold (eyes, expression, etc.); to be composed
approval; acceptance; toleration
to swallow; to gulp down; to understand; to grasp; to engulf; to swallow up