skillful; skilled; proficient; flattery
ninja; person trained in ninjutsu and employed for covert purposes in feudal Japan
fortitude; perseverance; stoicism; patience
that's enough!; cut it out!; get a life!
to throw (liquid) at; to dash; to inundate (with questions); to heap (praise); to hurl (abuse)
to rant and rave; to raise hell
babysitting; babysitter; protecting; keeping; keeper
celebrated personage; big-wig; person in a high position
executives; top management; governing body
to project; to stand out; to jut out; to go somewhere (e.g. for work); to proceed to; to leave for
flinchingly; falteringly; being overwhelmed; staggeringly; totteringly; unsteadily
(with a) thump; (hanging) straight down
inarticulate; not making oneself quite clear; slurring one's words; evasive
nonburnable garbage; nonflammables
long slits (esp. of eyes)
to be brought forward (e.g. by three hours); to be moved up; to be hasty; to be rash; to quicken; to speed up
series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza
chief umpire; referee (soccer, boxing, etc.)
stinging; smarting; on edge; nervous; ripping; peeling
bringing certain death; deadly; knockout (blow)
to have an interest (in something); to feel inclined (toward doing something)
in hand; on hand; on one; handheld
sharp drop; plunge; nosedive; slump; (value or amount) plummeting
arrest; apprehension; capture
only recently; just of late
to be too late; to be too slow
-like; -looking; -looked; tending to ...
gap; lag; difference; discrepancy; shear (e.g. shear stress)
subtracting points; points deducted
adding points; addition of marks and symbols to a classical Chinese text to aid reading in Japanese
admission; incorporation; enlistment; enrollment
state of things; state of affairs; condition; situation; circumstances
school; school building; schoolhouse
rather; sooner; preferably
leaving a decision to someone else (often of a meal to be selected by the chef); omakase
to know; to understand; to be aware of; to consent; to agree
to take responsibility (for a fallout); to accept the blame; to take the blame
to bear responsibility for; to be liable for; to answer for; to take the blame for