to swear; to vow; to take an oath; to pledge
announcement (esp. over public-address system); official announcement; formal information release
seeing for the first time; first sight; first meeting; sight-reading
predominance; superiority; ascendancy; advantage; supremacy
to connect; to tie; to fasten; to transfer (phone call)
succession; continuation; series; sequence
high-speed; rapid; express; highway; freeway; expressway
switching over to; migration; transition
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to carry through; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve
sharp pain; acute pain; intense pain
collision; crash; running into; conflict; quarrel; clashing
average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
with a clatter; with a rattle; empty; bare; raspy (voice); gravelly; with a gargle
to tumble down; to roll down
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
cowardly; craven; unfair; mean; sneaky
disposition; temperament; nature; mentality; spirit; character
one (esp. of two); the other; on the one hand; on the other hand; whereas; although
tiger cub; one's treasure; precious savings
to tear off; to strip; to rob
premature; untimely (e.g. death); early
to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for
to take a breath; to take a short rest
rīchi; declaring that one is one tile away from winning while one's hand is completely concealed; being one step away from completing something (winning, losing, game over, etc.)
to draw (a thread); to let out (e.g. a rope); to head out as a group; to set out in large numbers; to send out one after another; to dispatch
optical illusion; hallucination; misapprehension; delusion
thrust; stab; tsuki; thrust to the throat (in kendo); tsuki; thrust to the chest
fixed; settled; constant; definite; uniform; regularized
as (for); for; in the capacity of
to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)
thoughtless; reckless; rash; excessive; unreasonable; immoderate
(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; around; about; for instance; say
to handle well; to handle deftly; to deal with; to manage; to prepare (meat or fish) for cooking; to dress (meat, etc.)
to talk; to chat; to chatter
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
taste (in fashion, music, etc.); sense (e.g. of humour); flair