steady; sound; solid; reliable; trustworthy
to gain on; to put pressure on; to close in on
decisive; resolute; determined; firm
impact (of a projectile); landing (of a bullet); striking
dense (e.g. fog, dust, etc.); thick; vague (as in being unable to think clearly); dim
up in a tree; in the trees
blow; shock; strike; batting
permeation (of thought, ideology, culture, etc.); infiltration (e.g. of ideas); permeation (of a liquid, etc.); soaking; osmosis
falling (down) unconscious; fainting (and collapsing)
ferrule (of a cane, umbrella, etc.); butt end (of a lance, pike, etc.); hard tip (of a mushroom stem)
to knock down; to knock out
to bend; to curve; to turn; to be awry; to be askew
(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
inverted; upside down; reversed; back to front
to fall flat; to fall face down
the four cardinal directions; north, east, south and west; surroundings; many countries; the whole world; all around; here and there
general idea; concept; notion
distinction between right and wrong; distinction between good and bad
massacre; annihilation; wholesale slaughter
oil; petroleum; oil; lubricant; (cooking) oil; (massage) oil; ointment
successive; consecutive; back-to-back; one after another
body; group; party; gang; troupe; troop
encirclement; encircling net; tight besiegement
wall of rock; rock cliff; rock face
courtesy; etiquette; formality; (religious) observance; ritual; rite
firing one shot at a time; single-shot gun; having only one engine; single-engined aeroplane; one-shot (e.g. story); non-serial
now (while the time is ripe); while one still can
not feeling like doing ...; having no mind to ...; being in no mood for ...; indifferent; half-hearted; dispirited
high-handed; domineering; on one's high horse
golden and shiny; gaudy; gaudily decorated; brand spanking new; new and shiny
well-bred; of good upbringing
(your) daughter; young woman; daughter of a good family
affectation; pretension; posturing; posing as; behaving as; acting like
I; me; personal (affairs, etc.); private; selfishness; partiality
parts; accessories; components
mechanism; mechanical parts; jack-in-the-box