a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
gloomy; melancholy; dreary; depressed; dismal
leg trip (in sumo, judo, etc.); foothold; pedal; indicates a consecutive period of time incl. incomplete days, etc. at the ends
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
usually; ordinarily; always; continuous; 24-hour (operation, care, etc.); constant
the opposite sex; isomerism
to expose (to the sun, public, danger, etc.); to bleach; to refine; to rinse (vegetables); to soak; to doxx
disgust; hate; repugnance; loathing
exhilarated; all smiles; tickled pink; pleased as punch
winners (those who have succeeded socially, economically, etc.)
boastful speech; bragging
to let (someone) hear; to tell (e.g. a story); to make (someone) listen; to make (someone) understand; to grip (someone) with skilful singing, storytelling, etc.; to hold (someone) enchanted by
minus; negative (quantity); deficit; disadvantage; drawback; negative (ion, pole, growth, image, effect, etc.)
naked; bare; uncovered; frank; open; blunt
to hit (e.g. one's head); to strike; to throw (e.g. a ball, a question, a demand); to express; to vent (e.g. one's anger)
to blow violently; to sweep over; to devastate
storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; storm (e.g. of protest)
nakedness; nudity; bareness; nakedness; being penniless; concealing nothing
to stick up (hair, etc.); to stand up straight; to stand up abruptly; to jump to one's feet; to stand in one place, doing nothing in particular; to stand around
class meeting; classroom assembly
to hang up; to hoist; to denounce; to subject someone to a kangaroo court
surroundings; environs; circumference
turning round; going around; turning about; surrounding; encircling
beating time with one's hands; clapping to the beat; making a careless move (in go, shogi, etc.); responding to an opponent's move without proper thought
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
choral chanting; chanting in chorus (e.g. at a demonstration)
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to show someone (into a room)
before or since; neither before nor after; no other time in one's life; stressing a particular moment or event as being unique or most extreme
to behave like a spoiled child; to fawn on; to take advantage of; to presume upon (e.g. another's benevolence); to depend on
lack of self-reliance; depending on others
to cross one's mind; to be reminded
to blurt out; to let slip; to say inadvertently; to come out with (e.g. nonsense)
clear; obvious; evident; bright; light
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence
small amount; jot; nothing much; (to a) slight degree; wee bit
to vanish gradually (e.g. of a voice); to trail off; to die away; to feel one's soul leaving one's body (from embarrassment, grief, etc.); to feel faint; to feel numb
to listen repeatedly; to listen again; to ask a question in return; to ask again; to ask for a repeated explanation
serious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)