claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
holiday; day off; sleep; rest; Good night
fourth day of the month; four days
to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal
to stray from; to get lost
impossible; unlikely; improbable
dot; spot; mark (in an exam, etc.); grade; point (in a game); score; point (in geometry)
to lose sight of (one's companions); to stray from; to miss (one's chance to ...)
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
command; lead; generalship; leadership
cave; tunnel; tunnel tomb (Kofun period)
to catch; to capture; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); towards (someone); at (someone)
to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated
but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just
group; crowd; flock; herd; bevy; school
to content oneself with; to be resigned to (one's fate); to be contented (satisfied) with (one's lot)
news; tidings; information; correspondence; letter
to think of; to come up with
to take out; to produce; to pick out; to fetch; to retrieve
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify
pointed end; tip; point; forefront; vanguard; spearhead
to name; to call; to christen; to term
to hit (e.g. one's head); to strike; to throw (e.g. a ball, a question, a demand); to express; to vent (e.g. one's anger)
in 8 or 9 cases out of ten; in all probability
lucky; nice!; score!; bingo!
to attract; to draw near; to charm; to attract; to have a convulsion
frequency (of occurrence)
to come and see (someone, something); to visit
emergency measure; emergency procedures; first-aid treatment; stop-gap treatment; temporary repairs
(opening of) a wound; (mouth of a) wound; cut
to have a hole; to be pierced (with a hole)
whichever one chooses; either way
curiously; curiously enough; oddly enough; to the point of being mysterious; to the extent of being strange
to scrape out; to rake out (e.g. ashes); to bail out (e.g. water)
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
as soon as possible; at the earliest time
(suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
suppuration; festering; coming to head
bacterium; bacteria; germ
infection; contagion; becoming infected
to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)
clean; hygienic; sanitary; pure; virtuous; immaculate
water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
disinfection; sterilization; sterilisation
all kinds of things; various things; large number of people