major general; rear admiral; air commodore
van (of a movement); vanguard; forefront
to scatter in all directions (like baby spiders)
-less; lacking; non-existing
suicide bombing (e.g. crashing one's plane into a target); self-destruction; blowing oneself up
in a sense; in some way; to an extent
spirit; determination; pluck; mettle
to understand; to comprehend
narrow-mindedness; intolerance; illiberality; narrowness
parking lot; car park; carpark; parking garage
protuberance; projection; prominence; protrusion; bump; boss
aperture; bore; calibre; caliber
one's own strength and skill alone (without money, connections, etc); nothing to rely on but oneself; (being) self-made
this plane; this aircraft; this machine
to mend; to patch up; to fix (hair, clothes, appearance, etc.); to adjust; to keep up appearances; to cover up (e.g. a mistake)
to have a chill run down one's spine
endless argument; pointless argument; fruitless dispute; futile discussion; (lit.) argument over whose field to water (during a drought)
the hiragana character "ku"; chevron-shaped; dogleg-shaped
spine; backbone; spinal column
dissolution; dissolving; solution (e.g. chemical); melting; liquefying; fusion
to snatch (from someone); to tear (away); to steal
Mr; Mrs; clan; he; him; counter for people
hazardous materials; dangerous goods; explosives; combustibles
copy; duplicate; facsimile; cc (on e-mails); carbon copy
closure (of a ceremony, event, meeting, etc.)
to lower the curtain (at the end of a play); to come to an end; to finish
there is no way that ...; easy; simple
failed attempt (at a crime, suicide, etc.)
diplomatic card; diplomatic weapon; bargaining chip; diplomatic leverage
mastery; skillfulness; dexterity; master hand; expert
essentially nonexistent; virtually nil
poisonous substance; toxic substance; poison
surgery (branch of medicine); department of surgery
idle gossip; foolish talk; yarn
fabrication; forgery; falsehood; hoax
insertion; interposition; interpolation; infix
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
sampling; taking a sample; sampling; distributing free samples
to reach an extreme; to reach a limit; extremely; to be stuck; to be in a dilemma; to be decided