surprise attack; surprise visit; catching a person off guard
greatly energetic; ferocious; extreme; severe
standing upright; standing straight; standing erect; rising perpendicularly; rising straight up; towering high
to endure; to keep out (e.g. rain); to pull through; to get over; to surpass; to outdo
ball; ball (pitch delivered outside the strike zone); board (cardboard, pasteboard, etc.)
collision; crash; impact; clash; skirmish; conflict
sharp pain; acute pain; intense pain
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued
even more; still more; further
test; trial; ordeal; tribulation
to visit and comfort or console; to go to see (e.g. someone in hospital); to ask after (e.g. someone's health); to attack; to hit; to strike
fat; chubby; fatso; fatty; fat person
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
to put something out of the way; to move (something, someone) aside
master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy
in flagrante delicto arrest; arrest of someone in the act of committing a crime
evasion; excuse; subterfuge; runaround
accurate; correct; precise; exact
system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series; -type
big problem; major issue; big controversy
family breakdown; family disintegration; collapse of one's family
root; source; origin; cause
mouth; lips; shape of the mouth; near an entrance; vicinity of an entrance
indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
heat; hot air; enthusiasm; excitement; fever
bombarding; shelling; bombardment
to misfire; to come to naught; to end in failure; to fizzle out; to fall flat
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
nectar; honey; honeydew; treacle; molasses; sorbitol (when visible as dark patches inside an apple)
veteran; battle-worn; schooled by adversity in many battles; hard-bitten; rich in experience; very experienced
exquisite; superb; perfect; miraculous
in the twinkling of an eye; in a flash
occupation; taking and maintaining exclusive control (of a location)
teacher; master; religious leader; specialist; five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou dynasty Chinese army)
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
of uncertain meaning; ambiguous; cryptic; nonsensical; incomprehensible; perplexing
already; now; no longer; not any more
to be filled to bursting; to burst
to be one's ruin; to do harm; to cause trouble; to have negative consequences; to bring about a bad outcome
to crawl; to creep; to slither; to wriggle; to trail (of vines, flowers, etc.); to spread
air conditioner; air conditioning; aircon