to jar; to creak; to grate
quick; prompt; alert; smart; clever; astute
to overflow; to brim over; to flood
hidden ball trick; ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon
to be imminent; to loom; to be approaching; to be impending
to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify
extremely; exceptionally; extraordinarily; terribly; super
character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
to be out of breath; to breathe hard (e.g. during physical activity); to pant
frank; direct; plain; straightforward; point-blank; concise
disaster-level (heat, rainfall, etc.); extreme; severe
addressing (someone) without using a suffix such as "-san" or "-chan" (considered impolite)
straight; straightforward; direct; straight (wins, sets, etc.); straight (liquor); neat; entering university right after graduating high school
nice; likeable; desirable
impossible proposition; unreasonable proposal; tall order
to scatter; to sprinkle; to distribute (flyers, etc.); to give out; to shake off (a pursuer, companion, etc.); to give the slip
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; progeny; offspring; paternal blood; lineage; sperm
settlement (of a matter); sorting out; winding up (affairs); cleaning up afterwards; tidying up (when finished)
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
you could say that; that might be so
mixture; blending; complication; crossing; intersecting; interlacing
to give off sparks; to spark; to have a heated argument; to fight fiercely
to open one's eyes wide (in anger, surprise, etc.); to goggle at
to feel down; to feel sad; to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.); to be in an unfavourable condition; to fall into (e.g. a hole)
to be softened; to calm down
it cannot be that ...; it is highly unlikely that ...; it is impossible that ...
to that extent; accordingly; that being the case; that state; that condition
to despise; to scorn; to look down on
morality; righteousness; meaning; teachings; doctrine; nonconsanguineous relationship (i.e. of in-laws)
bitter (e.g. criticism); sharp; biting; severe; scathing; harsh
tone (of voice); parlance; style; intonation; accent
to be irritated; to get annoyed; to lose one's patience
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore someone's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
to help; to assist; to aid; to contribute to; to be a factor in
flatly rejecting; curtly refusing; beating easily; defeating handily; one kick
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
halving; dividing (into two parts); bisection; the two equinoxes (vernal and autumnal)
postponement; deferment; hesitation; delaying; suspended sentence
labor; labour; toil; trouble; pains; work