only; merely; but; no more than
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
to punch; to hit and hit; to stamp out; to pierce; to bore into; to knock down walls
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
force; vigor; influence; authority; impetus; momentum
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip off; to skin; to flay
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
opposite side; opposition
to stick into (of something with a sharp point); to prick; to pierce; to resonate emotionally; to move
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
to crack; to develop a crack
countertop; tabletop; baking tray; baking sheet
bad mannered; naughty; misbehaving
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
cloudiness; cloudy weather; fog (on a mirror, glasses, etc.); cloud (e.g. in marble); gloom; dejection
serious look (on one's face); straight face
to erase; to delete; to turn off (power); to switch off; to extinguish; to put out
cold (to the touch); chilly; icy; (emotionally) cold; coldhearted; unfeeling
to rain incessantly; to downpour
to face; to go towards; to head towards
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
radio wave; reception; signal; saying strange things
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)
to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
indicate reason; infers some protest
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
clear; obvious; evident; bright; light
(emotional) tension; anxiety; (highness of) spirits; (good) mood; tension; tensile strength
to mutter; to murmur; to grumble; to tweet (Twitter)
grunt; grumble; pimples; spots; cutting into small pieces; simmering
to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged
spell; charm; incantation; magic word
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
sky; the air; weather; far-off place; distant place; state of mind; feeling
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
to boil up; to come to the boil; to arise; to break out; to get excited; to be in uproar
land mine; topic that sets someone off; sensitive topic; something that seems fine at first but turns out to be very bad (e.g. product, business); booby trap
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
to grow cold (from room temperature, e.g. in refrigerator); to get chilly; to cool down
look here; I say; well; I know what; I'll tell you what; just a minute