to rev (up) an engine; to race an engine
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
to instigate; to incite; to spur on; to set (e.g. a dog after someone)
immediately; as soon as possible; as quickly as possible
fishing; gathering seafood (e.g. clams, seaweed); catch (e.g. of fish); haul
detour; circumvention; turning movement
regular; normal; formal; legal; established; legitimate
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
wrong direction; different direction (from what one expected)
halfway up (down) a mountain; mountainside
hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation
stake; post; pile; (arch.) stump
point; gist; essentials; knack; trick; the ropes
depressing; dark (e.g. story); grim (e.g. expression); irritating; annoying; tedious (work, person, etc.)
(ship's) anchor; anchor (final runner or swimmer in a relay race); (news) anchor; anchorman; anchor (in HTML); link to a previous post (on a message board); anchor (soccer position)
hook; hook bracket (Japanese quotation mark)
all (there is); as long as there is
in range; within the limits (of ...); within (a) range
there's no other way; there are no other options; there are no alternative means
being somewhat excited (agitated)
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
carrying (on one's person or in the hand); mobile phone; cell phone
retort (vessel used for distillation); retort (airtight vessel used to heat and sterilize canned or retort-pouch food)
holding a castle (during a siege); holing up; confinement (to one's home); staying at home; staying indoors
when push comes to shove; when needed; when necessity arises; when the moment arrives
bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)
to walk about; to walk around; to conduct oneself; to act; to stop by (somewhere; esp. of a criminal on the run); to drop by
present point (i.e. in history); at the present time
sudden turn; sudden change; (suddenly occurring) accident; emergency
unanimity; unanimous consent; unanimous agreement
trigger (of a gun, etc.); trigger (for something); immediate cause
to break a dam; to burst out
really; truly; very; extremely; exceedingly; sincerely