sound of something making firm contact with a flat surface
convenient; useful; finding useful; coming in handy; (priceless) treasure
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)
beacon; skyrocket; signal fire; starting shot; starting signal
to walk in on; to tread upon
as far as the eye can see
precision; precision ratio; relevance factor; relevance ratio
enumeration; citation; listing
three sides; three faces; page three (of a newspaper)
refining; refinement; smelting; training
defend and maintain; support; protection
ought to do; have to do; must do; feel obliged to
public power; governmental authority
the life of the people; the people's living
have to do; must; should; ought to
be that as it may; even so; though that be so
to deify; to enshrine; to pray; to worship
duration; continuance; survival; persistence; retention
important matter; requirement; requisite; necessary condition
captive; prisoner; victim (of love, etc.); slave (to one's lust, etc.)
to insert; to interrupt; to slip in a word; to harbor (e.g. doubts); to harbour
feather; plume; wing; blade (of a fan, propeller, etc.); shuttlecock (in badminton); shuttlecock (in hanetsuki); arrow feathers
sculpture; carved statue; graven image
tent; tabernacle; small curtain-enclosed area (off a stage); Makuya (Original Gospel Movement of Japan)
recollection; reminiscence
whirlpool; swirl; eddy; vortex; maelstrom
day of spring; spring sun
schoolyard; playground; school grounds; campus
wealth; riches; affluence; opulence
barrier; obstacle; difficulty; hurdle; deadlock
the strait gate (in the Bible); the narrow gate; high barrier (to enter a highly competitive school, company, etc.); difficult hurdle; difficulty
to go through; to pass through; to struggle through; to get through (difficulties, danger, etc.); to escape (through the cordon)
to exhaust one's vocabulary (in trying to persuade somebody or explain something, etc.); to run out of words; to be verbose; to cajole; to talk someone's head off