proficient; skilled; skillful; enjoying to the full; full satisfaction; being satiated (with)
recorder (e.g. tape recorder, time recorder); recording device; recorder (musical instrument); English flute
immediately; at once; instantly
you guys; buddies; pals; you lot
learning by ear; memory of having heard something before
grinding of the teeth; involuntary nocturnal tooth grinding; bruxism; grinding one's teeth out of anger or vexation; gnashing one's teeth; gritting one's teeth
with a rustling sound; rippling (of a stream, etc.); murmuring; slurping down (ochazuke); quickly and easily (e.g. write a letter); with ease
dark brown; colour of tanned skin
to push up (one's hair) with one's fingers; to comb up; to smooth back (a wisp of hair)
sudden change; complete change
look (esp. an angry or upset look); expression
to sense; to perceive; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment
yikes; oops; eep; wow; aargh
to have an idea; to have a clue
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
to twist; to turn; to writhe (e.g. in pain); to twist around; to turn in one's seat
to graze (e.g. bullet); to scratch; to touch lightly; to take a percentage; to exploit; to squeeze
stone; rock; jewel; precious stone; flint (in a lighter); (round) game piece
stone throwing; (throwing) stone
to break (into pieces); to smash; to shatter (someone's hopes, confidence, etc.); to crush; to simplify; to make easy to understand
chaos; turmoil; pandemonium; havoc
to fall into (e.g. a hole); to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.); to fall into (a trap, etc.); to fall; to surrender
to move along; to go alongside; to walk along; to follow; to run down (one's cheek, leg, etc.); to trickle down
going backward; turning back; backtracking; regression; retrogression; relapse
neighborhood; neighbourhood; vicinity; environs; surrounding area; district
something; some kind of; for some reason
noisy; boisterous; turbulent (era, etc.); troubled
(direct) hit; hitting the mark
to run away; to flee; to escape; to make a getaway; to skedaddle
standing by; awaiting an opportunity; being on alert; quarantine
inborn nature; genuine; intrinsic; essential
next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to
work; workmanship; craftsmanship; artifice; trick; device
source of electricity; electrical power; power (button on TV, etc.)
device; contrivance; trick; trap; (small) scale; half finished; commencement
to roar; to thunder; to become well known; to become famous; to pound (of one's heart); to throb
high-speed; rapid; express; highway; freeway; expressway
to lay (something) face down; to place upside down; to point downwards (one's eyes, head, etc.); to cast down (one's eyes); to lay (oneself) face down; to lie face down; to conceal
lying on one's belly; crawling on one's belly; belly crawl
due to the nature of one's job; because of one's line of work
gunfight; firefight; gun battle; shoot-out