solid; robust; tight; taut; shrewd; calculating
to chase; to run after; to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.); to drive out; to get rid of; to drive (e.g. a herd)
to get stuck with (some job); to end up with (something unpleasant)
to be imminent; to loom; to be approaching; to be impending
to cut down; to chop down; to fell
to ask; to enquire; to query
to fight; to exchange blows; to rally
charge; duty; person in charge; connection; linking
division (distribution) of roles; role-sharing
to become locked (e.g. of automatic locking)
infinity; infinitude; eternity; infinite; limitless
blind alley; cul-de-sac; dead end street; deadlock; impasse; dead end
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
to be caught in a dilemma; to get into a scrape
clatter; clank; rattling; capsule toy vending machine
proposal; proposition; suggestion
interest; eagerness; enthusiasm
secret techniques (of an art or skill); inner mysteries; essence; quintessence; heart
fierce; intense; severe; violent; strong; vehement
unexpected; unforeseen; strange
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
skill; skillful; dexterity; flattery
singing one's own praises; praising one's own wares
to shout; to cry; to scream; to clamour
to substitute for; to stand in for; to fill in for
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
to be shut; to close; to be locked; to tighten; to be tightened; to become sober
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
off the top of one's head; from thin air; from memory
mole (Talpidae spp., esp. the small Japanese mole, Mogera imaizumii)
to dig; to excavate; to delve into; to dig up (e.g. vegetables); (for two men) to have anal sex
last moment; eleventh hour; platform made of dirt used to perform executions (decapitations) in the Edo period
circumstances; condition; to arrange; to manage; to lend money; to raise money
special; particular; peculiar; unique
revelation; manifestation; appearance; expression (e.g. in molecular biology; protein expression or gene expression)
self-determination; suicide
promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag