provocative; incendiary; inflammatory; suggestive; lascivious; risqué
narrow; small; confined; narrow-minded; intolerant
(necessary) personnel; required person
sliding down (a slope, mountainside); slipping down
preceding vehicle; car ahead; vehicle in front
gradually; by degrees; the sight of a tall soaring rock; crying; weeping
to push back; to press back; to force back; to (refuse and) return (something); to give back
yakiniku; Japanese dish of grilled meat similar to Korean barbecue; roasted meat; grill
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
leaving hospital; discharge from hospital
pottery; earthenware; ceramics; porcelain
functional beauty; beauty of function; simplicity and elegance of design
the farthest ends; the furthest ends
woodcutter; lumberjack; logger
scarabaeid beetle grub; any insect (or worm, etc.) that lives in soil
aggressor; assailant; invader
basics; rudiments; elements; ABCs of ...
to squeeze; to wring out; to narrow down; to refine
conclusion; resolution; gathering and bundling; convergence; focusing (of light); convergence
wooden doll; wooden figure; puppet; blockhead; good-for-nothing
friend; companion; comrade; accompaniment; companion (e.g. book); complement
to count on the abacus; to calculate cost-benefit; to calculate profitability; to be guided by self-interest
light emanating from a sword; shimmering of a sword
certified (as genuine, valuable, etc.); guaranteed (article); of established reputation; acknowledged; pièce de résistance
to reply; to respond; to answer; to talk back; to retort
image (on a screen); picture (e.g. on a TV); video; film; reflection; image (in one's mind)
projection (of a shadow); casting (a reflection); (geometric) projection; reflection (of feelings, experiences, etc.); projection
union; combination; conjugation (of gametes); sexual intercourse; copulation