doll; puppet; marionette; puppet (person under the control of another); straw man; yes-man
skillful; skilful; adroit; clever; shrewd; ingenious
to pile up; to make a heap; to lay (e.g. bricks); to acquire (e.g. experience); to build (a reputation)
fine line; weight of thread; slit-eyed
weird; eerie; ominous; creepy; uncanny; unearthly
another (person); the other person; one more (person)
to project; to protrude; to pop out (e.g. eyes); to jump out; to rush out
(face) mask; (facial) features; looks; mask (e.g. for circuit etching)
angry voice; one's voice when shouting with anger
big man; large man; tall man; giant
tattoo (esp. a traditional Japanese one); tattooing
stern; grim; rough; rugged; forbidding; overbearing
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
relativity; relative; facing (e.g. a problem); confronting
quiet; silent; slow; unhurried; calm; peaceful
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
eardrum; tympanic membrane
to harm; to hurt; to fail to do; to do amiss; to almost do; to come close to doing
royal castle; imperial castle
to creep in; to steal in; to sneak in
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
single; simple; singles (tennis, badminton, etc.); win bet (bet which predicts the winner of a race)
result (that makes an act worthwhile); worth (in doing something); value; Kai (former province located in present-day Yamanashi Prefecture)
war; battle; campaign; (arch.) troops; (arch.) forces
one's turn; one's shift; one's turn on stage; screen time; one's time (to act); one's chance
irritation; annoyance; frustration
upright; honest; faithful; conscientious; sincere
to put an end to something; to get something over with; to quit something one has been engaged in too long or to an excessive degree
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
calmness; composure; coolness; serenity; presence of mind
to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist
threatening attitude; menacing look; angry look
to retreat; to back off; to draw back; to step back; to shrink away
to squeeze out; to wring out
to (take out and) show; to demonstrate; to point out (finger, clock hand, needle, etc.); to indicate; to show
violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement
somewhere; in some respects; in some way
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
leader; leaders; dotted line; reader (textbook); reader (i.e. a person who reads); microreader
confused fight; free-for-all; melee; dogfight; scuffle; rough-and-tumble