town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
needle; pin; hook; stinger; thorn; hand (e.g. clock, etc.); pointer
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
lump (of flour, etc.); clump (of ground meat, etc.)
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to pick up
prospects of victory; chances of success
suicide attack; kamikaze attack
to lie in wait (for); to be on the watch (for); to wait (for); to watch (for)
long ago; a long time ago; already
to get dark; to grow dark; to end (of a day, year, season, etc.); to come to an end; to be sunk in (e.g. despair); to be lost in (e.g. thought)
to offer; to propose; to suggest; to put forward; to request; to ask (for)
fast (walking); quick; brisk; quick (passing of time); rapid; swift
irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; (already) enough; considerably
to keep (a person) waiting
to get tired of; to tire of; to lose interest in; to become sated; to become satiated; to have one's fill
retort; back talk; backchat
to accompany; to follow; to keep up with
route; path; channel (e.g. sales, distribution)
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
to be submerged; to be soaked; to be pickled; to be well seasoned; to be totally immersed (in a condition, e.g. laziness)
to deepen; to heighten; to intensify
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence; power
to shine; to look slightly upward (of a noh mask; indicating joy, etc.)
wheat field; barley field; cornfield
to coagulate; to congeal; to be fanatical (about); to be obsessed (with); to stiffen; to become stiff
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
molester; groper; masher; (arch.) fool; (arch.) idiot
to force someone to clamp with their teeth; to force into someone's mouth (e.g. a gag); to wedge into a space; to inflict (a blow); to deal (a hit); to pull (a joke)
genuine article; real thing; real deal
to stop; to halt; to have (someone) stay; to put up (a guest); to fasten; to pin
piece of meat; cut of meat
to force to do; to compel
to lick (all) up; to lick all over; to lick clean; to engulf (in flames); to consume (of fire); to sweep through
beyond expectations; beyond what one expected; not foreseen; exceeding assumptions
power; might; authority; influence
to stumble a step or two forward (when trying to stop); to pass one's destination and stumble a step or two forward; to totter
mirror; looking-glass; barrel head; page added at the beginning of a document mentioning its purpose, date, author, etc.; mirror-shaped mochi
stone; rock; jewel; precious stone; flint (in a lighter); (round) game piece