ivy (esp. Boston ivy, Parthenocissus tricuspidata)
just a minute; small quantity
eerie; hair-raising; exaggerated; ostentatious
honorific/polite/humble prefix
mud; slush; (wet) dirt; thief
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
to stop (in one's tracks); to come to a stop; to halt; to pause; to stand still
ambush; lying in wait for an ambush
peace at any price (attitude); peace idiot; peace senility; complacency about peace
carefree; optimistic; careless; reckless; heedless; happy-go-lucky
role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role
deep; profound; dense; thick; close (relationship); intense; strong
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
long (time that has passed); old (story)
spell; charm; incantation; magic word
letter (of alphabet); character; writing
sphere; counter for balls
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
magician; wizard; sorcerer; witch
to take lessons in; to be taught; to learn (from a teacher); to study (under a teacher); to get training in
basics; rudiments; elements; ABCs of ...
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
operation; management; handling; manipulating (to one's benefit); manipulation; influencing
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state
to be disconnected; to get out of place; to miss the mark; to get it wrong (e.g. guess, expectation); to be removed; to be excluded
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
to get strong; to gain strength
neutralization; neutralisation; counteraction
deflation; contraction; shrinking; constriction
extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; annihilation
to erase; to drown out (e.g. a voice); to make disappear
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
to run down (stairs, etc.)
foolish; idiotic; stupid; ridiculous; absurd
to raise one's voice; to shout
to jump up; to spring up; to move around; to bounce up and down; to pound (of one's heart, e.g. with excitement); to throb
(not) at all; (not) a bit; (not) in the least; (not) in the slightest