robust; brawny; muscular; strong; sturdy
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
bow (weapon); archery; bow (for a violin, etc.)
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
where; which; anyway; anyhow; sooner or later; eventually
flying bird; soaring bird
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
master; expert; expert board game player (chess, go, shogi, etc.)
party; group; crew; company (of troops); corps; unit
to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)
arm; skill; efforts; ability
to draw through one's hand; to stroke (e.g. a beard); to work someone hard; to masturbate
(written) appeal; circular; manifesto; encouragement; encouraging words; letter of encouragement
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
massacre; annihilation; wholesale slaughter
to do for (someone); to take in; to deceive; to hoodwink
here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up
to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged
bowstring; string (of a shamisen, etc.); stringed instrument; chord; hypotenuse
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
to pair with; to pair up; to pair off
confirmation; verification; validation; review; check; affirmation
side; edge; beside; while (doing); in addition to; at the same time
cattle (Bos taurus); cow; beef; Chinese "Ox" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
rock; boulder; crag; cliff; anchor
to strain or exert oneself; to go all out
number one; first; best; most; game; round
to throw (strongly, violently, etc.)
to hide; to be hidden; to conceal oneself; to disappear
to hold one's breath (in fear, anxiety, etc.)
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death
rustling; flapping; unkempt (hair, etc.); loose; dry; decisively
grazing; skimming; almost touching; barely; just; narrowly
lightly (floating, drifting, etc.); buoyantly; soft; fluffy; unsteadily; flightily
to float; to become merry; to be cheerful; to become loose; to become unsteady; to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you)
(on a) closer look; closer scrutiny; second look
cloth; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)
to wind around; to wrap around; to coil around