Herculean task; next-to-impossible undertaking
tightly (hold, squeeze, etc.); firmly; forcefully (e.g. push); hard
to tighten; to stiffen; to brace; to strain
gradually (progress into a state); in sequence; in order; in turn
(sound of) laughter; laughing voice
to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size
to glide; to slide (e.g. on skis); to fail (an examination); to bomb (when telling a joke); to drop; to go down
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
club budget; club expense
abdomen; belly; womb; one's mind; one's real intentions; courage; nerve
to screw; to twist; to distort; to parody; to torture; to wrest
to roll about with laughter; to be convulsed with laughter; to laugh one's head off
(clenched) fist; knuckles
to strike; to clap; to play drums; to abuse; to bash; to consult; to sound out
to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind
triumphant pose assumed by an athlete
itchy; creepy; feeling uneasy
baldness; bald head; bald person; baldy; idiot; moron
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
ridiculously good reception; being extremely well-received
unexpected; unforeseen; inconceivable
outside of; not covered by
location without an address; unnumbered plot of land
average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
reaction; response; reaction
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
to stare at; to gaze at; to look hard at; to watch intently; to fix one's eyes on
sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid
to change completely; to switch (to); to shift (to another mode)
storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; storm (e.g. of protest)
time; thyme; time out (e.g. in sport)
one turn; spinning around; complete change; reversal; (an) about-face
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
mode (musical mode, mode of probability distribution, state of physical system); fashion
choice; selection; pickup (phonograph); stylus bar; pickup truck; pickup
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand
tasks; things to do; errand; business (to take care of); affairs; engagement