spool (of thread); reel; bobbin; tuning peg
(rock) crystal; high purity quartz
staring at; gazing at; eyeballing; glaring; giving a hard look
to shut one's mouth; to hold one's tongue; to keep silent
to intertwine; to twist together
aizuchi; backchanneling; interjections indicating that one is paying attention; two smiths hammering at an object in turn
fine (grain, workmanship, etc.); close (weave); delicate; precise; accurate; careful
liking; being fond of; to one's liking; to one's taste; preferred; favourite
to taper to a point; to become pointed; to be on edge; to be nervous; to be sharp (of a voice, words, etc.); to be harsh
hard to handle; difficult to handle; awkward to handle; hard to deal with; unwieldy
putting the cart before the horse; mistaking the means for the end; getting one's priorities backwards
to reorganize; to rearrange; to put (things) in order
high efficiency; high performance
limited; limiting; restrictive
harmful animal; pest; vermin
virtual image; false image; pretense; pretence
one direction; unidirectional; non-interactive
firing; shooting; fire; gunshot; marksmanship
familiar spirit; familiar
each individual; each person
undergrowth; weeds beneath a tree
poor; low-grade; load; pack; packhorse
useless; worthless; half-man (esp. upper body); (arch.) half day (e.g. when working)
man and horse; rider and horse; centaur
surface of the earth; ground surface
parallelism; running parallel (to, with); running concurrently; occurring at the same time; not reaching an agreement (e.g. of a debate)
completion; finish; workmanship; result; outcome
beyond expectations; beyond what one expected; not foreseen; exceeding assumptions
forefoot; forefeet; foreleg; forelimb
to step on (a nail); to run (a nail) through one's foot; to put one's foot through (the floor)
terrific; staggering; tremendous; extremely; incredibly; tremendously
justification; positioning; alignment
to sit; to squat; to be implicated
to sustain a serious wound
snappingly; with a snap; no more or less than; merely ...; exactly ...