to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
low tone; bass; low voice
base; basis; base (e.g. military); depot; base; base bag
on the road; on the street; in the street; on the way
right or wrong; good or bad; quality; having both merits and demerits; having both advantages and disadvantages
electricity; electric guitar
pick; plectrum; ice pick; pickaxe; pick (of an ice axe); pick (tool for picking a lock)
powerful; strong; forceful; reassuring; encouraging
four strings; four-stringed instrument; biwa
to play an instrument (esp. string instruments); to dance
to put effort into; to strain; to put strength into; to put forth effort
to strum; to pluck the strings (of a guitar)
to move around; to move about; to get around
skillful; skilful; delicious; tasty; good (deal, idea, etc.); profitable
peerless; unparalleled; unparallelled; mowing down the enemy
hi!; yo!; hey man!; yessir!; understood!
one's party piece; parlor trick; hidden talent
potentiality; dormancy; latency
astonishment; amazement; surprise; fright; shock
so much (something) as to (e.g. so moved as to cry); overwhelmed; carried away; because of too much
absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic
spin; rotation; spin (in PR, politics, etc.); ribbon bookmark (attached to the binding)
(hand) gesture; movement of the hand
to listen attentively to; to be absorbed in (listening to)
echo; echo; ultrasound (scan); Echo
to gouge out; to excavate; to hollow; to bore; to drill; to carve (e.g. pumpkin)
to finger; to play with; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby
to cling to; to embrace; to throw one's arms around
at the very beginning of one's speech; immediately upon opening one's mouth (to speak); before anything else; first of all
sooner or later; in time; eventually
arrowhead; target of a flying arrow; brunt (of an attack); the very moment (when); the point (of doing)
accident; emergency; calamity
favourite dish (favorite); favourite food
to find fault (with); to cavil (at); to carp (about); to throw a wet blanket (on); to throw cold water (on); to jinx
to be fed up (with); to be tired (of); to be stumped; to be nonplussed; to wince; to shrink back
deep-frying food lightly coated in flour or potato starch; deep-fried food (esp. chicken)
stew (esp. Japanese cream stew)