to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
whip; lash; scourge; stick; cane; rod
rope; cord; policeman's rope
lock; padlock; tablet; lozenge; pill
snakelike; snaky; serpentine
to become used to seeing; to be familiar with
brightness; brilliance; brilliancy; radiance; glitter
spear; lance; javelin; lance; (arch.) jeering
point of a spear; spearhead; focus (of one's attack, criticism, etc.); aim; force (of an argument); edge
weight; heavyweight boxer
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
to wield; to brandish; to display (one's knowledge); to show off; to abuse (one's power); to manipulate someone
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
to tear; to rip up; to cut up; to cleave; to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers); (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye
hard-to-do; difficult; tough; awkward; tricky
zero; 0; nought; nothing; zilch
component; factor; item (e.g. in list); element (e.g. in array); member (e.g. data structure)
feel; touch; impression (of a person); most impressive passage; highlight; beginning
considerably; not a little; in no small numbers
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
to support (a theory, claim, etc.); to back up; to substantiate; to prove
to dance; to perform dance steps
smiling; beaming; radiant; bright; cheerful
to bend; to warp; to yield; to be supple (e.g. bamboo, body); to be flexible; to be pliant
giving one's name (or rank, etc.); self-introduction; name readings of kanji
to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray
hands behind one's back; hands tied behind one's back; behind (e.g. someone); rear; appearance from behind
wrong direction; different direction (from what one expected)
dangerous weapon; lethal weapon; deadly weapon; murder weapon
to fly away; to flee away; to scatter
falling down; tumbling; reversing; inverting; getting upset
busy; having no (free) time
at one's feet; underfoot; gait; pace; most recent; current
(cross) section (e.g. in a drawing); cutting plane
to be tripped up; to be too drunk to stand