otherwise; or else; if not
group with a common interest (e.g. students); club (e.g. company sports club); circle; circle (shape)
to enclose; to surround; to shelter (e.g. a criminal); to shield; to keep (e.g. a mistress); to store (vegetables, fruit, etc.)
defense; defence; safeguard; protection
in preparation; (shop) not yet open for business
sympathy; agreement with; alignment; conformity; tuning
switching on and off (of a light); flashing; blinking; flickering
count; counting; count of balls and strikes; count (after a knock-down in boxing); count (of radioactivity)
to replace; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute
fast-talking; rapid talking
focus (e.g. photographic); focal point
honorific/polite/humble prefix
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
single-mounted gun (naval turret, tank, etc.)
round; circular; curved; smooth; harmonious; calm
plate (often as in "tectonic plate")
to smash; to break into pieces
simultaneously striking one another (in kendo, etc.); draw; tie
palm (of one's hand); skill; (in one's) grip; (under one's) control; one's (concealed) intentions; one's cards
to dispatch (someone); to send; to make go fast (a car, horse, etc.); to drive; to move quickly (one's pen, eyes, etc.); to run (one's eyes over something)
to put out one's hand; to extend one's arm; to reach (for); to try one's hand at (something new)
piece; fragment; one (object)
sculpture; carved statue; graven image
to crawl out; to creep out; to begin to crawl
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
heat; hot air; enthusiasm; excitement; fever
to boil up; to come to the boil; to arise; to break out; to get excited; to be in uproar
smelling burnt; smelling scorched; smelling of gunpowder (i.e. as if armed conflict is about to break out); tense; suspicious; dubious
to whirl; to eddy; to be all jumbled together (feelings, thoughts, etc.); to surge; to sweep
how many people; a number of people
pish; pooh; I see; oh; indeed
to warp; to bend; to contort; to be perverted; to be warped (of a view, mind, etc.); to be distorted
echo; reverberation; spirit of a tree; tree spirit
fully fledged; full-fledged; proper; competent; qualified; full-grown
interest; eagerness; enthusiasm
taking; taker; last performer of the day (usu. the star performer); last performance of the day; active partner (e.g. in judo demonstration); emphatic or formal prefix
way; method; means; (technical) specification
most; highest; maximum; best; wonderful; finest
quality (of a product or a service)
shading; shielding from light
call; summons; convening; convocation
descent; fall; drop; passing down (of an order, decree, etc.)
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
(on a) closer look; closer scrutiny; second look