to pin down; to hold down; to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to get a hold of; to obtain
east, west, south and north
direct line; direct communication; connecting directly; through service; nonstop service
recovery; rescue; recapture
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
standing by; awaiting an opportunity; being on alert
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
in order; sequential; seriatim
rising; ascending; climbing
confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging
extermination; annihilation
please (give me); please (do for me)
mercy; compassion; clemency; Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
massacre; annihilation; wholesale slaughter
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
arrival (of post, news, correspondence, etc.); receiving (a phone call, email, etc.)
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
car; automobile; vehicle; wheel
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
old; former; the old; old things; old times; bygone days
to face; to go towards; to head towards
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
owner; proprietor; possessor (e.g. of talent, beauty, etc.)
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
everything turning out fine; the whole thing being settled
don't you think?; indicates question
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
snare; trap (for catching wild game, etc.); trap (i.e. ruse, subterfuge, etc.)
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
to be infected; to be contagious
duty; function; office; mission; task
giant butterbur (Petasites japonicus); Japanese sweet coltsfoot
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate