posture; pose; position; attitude; approach; stance
wish; desire; hope; prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes
originator; ringleader; perpetrator; main culprit; person responsible
image; figure; figure; form; image
to become stiff (of muscles); to get absorbed in; to develop a passion for; to be elaborate; to be intricate
altitude; height; elevation; high-degree; high-grade; advanced
coal mine; (coal) pit; colliery
gifted education; special education for gifted children
in the end; on top of that
genuine; real; full-scale; full-blown; full-fledged; professional
bout (in sports, etc.); match; effort; initiative; dealing with
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
proof; evidence; certificate; license; to testify (usu. Christian religious context); enlightenment
to stick into (of something with a sharp point); to prick; to pierce; to resonate emotionally; to move
other; another; over; more than; I; me
leaving a decision to someone else (often of a meal to be selected by the chef); omakase
close; intimate; on good terms
to take (someone) out (for a walk, to lunch, etc.); to entice out; to lure away
main question; real issue at hand
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
end; finish; bounds; limits; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)
request; favor; favour; reliance; dependence; trust
to gain a reliable foundation and be in a safe condition; to rest easy; (lit.) to board a large ship
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
to contract; to undertake; to take over; to take responsibility for
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
reliable; trustworthy; hopeful; promising
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to coax; to wheedle; to soothe and humor (humour)
to feel awkward; to feel ashamed; to feel inferior; to feel shy (about doing something)
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
painful; being sorry; feeling sorry
bodyguard; bouncer; bar (e.g. on a door); bolt; stick or pole used for self-defence
to knock down; to beat (someone) up; to injure (someone) so badly they cannot recover (esp. emotionally); to overwhelm (with mental anguish, etc.)
dispute; argument; contention
to say enough (as much as required); to say plenty; to say well; to say cleverly; to say often; to say frequently
hail (esp. hailballs 5 mm or greater)
interior; backwoods; hinterland; back regions
to bloom; to flower; to blossom; to open
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something
careful; cautious; prudent; discreet; deliberate
(any) particular; special; material; perceptible; noticeable