great; grand; extensive; large-scale
to report; to inform; to repay; to return; to requite
popular; well-liked; common; frequent; popular music; pop music
cruel; brutal; savage; barbarous
to have a (rough) idea (of what the situation is)
show; performance; show; exhibition; TV show
strangely; oddly; miraculously; mysteriously
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
to gape; to open one's mouth wide
veil of darkness; curtain of night
central part; heart (of a city, etc.)
girl's lacquered wooden geta; wooden footwear; clogs; sabots
fish gong; fish wood block; temple block; round, hollow, wood block (vaguely fish-shaped, usu. with scales), struck while chanting sutras
to be started; to begin (of a battle, contest, campaign, etc.)
supper; night meal; late-night snack; "fourth meal"; midnight snack
imbalance; disproportion; disparity; mismatch; asymmetry
great speed; extreme speed; swiftness
running water; flowing water; stream
tofu; bean curd; beancurd
to snap; to break (under pressure)
drop (e.g. of water); drip
wonder; miracle; amazement; prodigy
ability; capacity; capability; physical strength
half; 50%; 5 parts; 5%; equality; equal footing
victory or defeat; outcome (of a game, battle, etc.)
to be turned inside out; to betray; to double-cross; to break into falsetto; to crack into falsetto
two people alike; two of a kind; kissing cousins; two people cut from the same cloth
to throw; to cast (e.g. vote, light, shadow); to devote oneself (e.g. to a cause); to invest; to put in; to administer (medicine); to give
president (of a country); big man; boss; buddy
to have a cramp; to twitch; to stiffen (of a face, expression); to freeze; to shrink (of skin, due to a scar); to tauten
to bury; to embed; to implant
sneak thief; petty thief; cat burglar
baseball player; ballplayer
swing (of a golf club, tennis racket, etc.); swing; swing
shaking (e.g. a container); milkshake; shake
defense; defence; safeguard; protection
character; personality; (fictional) character; character
leaving (a hall, meeting, stadium, etc.); exit; walkout; exit (from the stage); leaving the stage
to be scattered about; to disperse; to be littered (with)
cash; ready money; money on hand; mercenary; self-interested; calculating