to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
scale (of fish, snake, etc.); serif (on kana or kanji (e.g. in Mincho font))
flesh; meat; flesh (of a fruit); pulp; the physical body (as opposed to the spirit); flesh; thickness
to bite into (e.g. rope into skin); to cut into; to eat into; to encroach; to be wedged (i.e. underwear pulled from the back, driving it between the buttocks)
goes without saying; needless to say; obvious
to shoot (arrow, bolt, dart)
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
wing; Chinese "Wings" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); (arch.) counter for birds or bird wings
linear; rectilinear; straight-line; straightforward; simple
orbit; trajectory; railroad track; (right) track; proper course
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
trifling with; toying with; playing with; tossing about (a ship)
blind spot (e.g. of a driver); dead angle; dead ground; dead space
to slip into; to crawl into (under); to conceal oneself (under); to sneak into; to infiltrate
usual; ordinary; normal; regular; general; common
affinity; compatibility; chemistry (between people)
substance; essence; entity; subject; content; reality
to deny; to contradict; to negate (esp. a sound); to drown out
outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state
(air) turbulence; turbulent air
from the beginning; from the first; all along; of course
on the contrary; far from it; if anything; in fact; instead
pair; the two; both persons; both things
not budging an inch; to stand one's ground
to be prolonged; to drag on
disadvantage; handicap; unfavorable position
to strain; to stretch; to string up; to cover over (e.g. with tiles, ice, etc.)
fatigue; weariness; exhaustion; tiredness
security police; special police; special; TV special; standard-playing (record); SP; shore patrol
strict; severe; stern; rigid; rigorous; tough
restriction; restraint; limitation; limit
high power; high power output; explosiveness; explosive power; instantaneous force
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
shortness of breath; panting; puffing; running out of steam (e.g. economy); losing momentum
whole; all; general; gross; entire; overall
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
(death from) starvation; starving to death
making do; getting by (somehow); managing