designation; specification; assignment; appointment; pointing at
complexion; one's colour; one's color; countenance; expression; one's face
near; nearby; not far off
exhaustion; consumption; using up; dissipation; waste
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
decision; determination; resolution
to overwhelm (e.g. an opponent); to overpower; to overwhelm (someone with emotion); to move; to intimidate; to frighten
reception (desk); information desk; receipt; acceptance
closing (for the day; of a library, museum, cinema, etc.); closing down (of a library, museum, cinema, etc.)
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter
to fill (with); to be filled with; to express (an emotion); to project (sadness, joy, etc.); to wear (e.g. a smile)
journal; magazine; periodical
atrium; well (in building); blow-by; blow-bye; drafty; draughty
jūbako; multi-tiered food box; heavy; serious; extreme; -fold
to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)
closing time (library, museum, etc.)
incomplete understanding; doubt; question; distrust; suspicion; strangeness
ticktock; chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; dry and hard; (frozen) stiff; hidebound
hyperventilation; overbreathing; hyperpnea; overventilation
to bend; to crook; to lean; to tilt; to bend (the truth); to distort
to fold up; to fold into layers
carnivore; carnivorous animal
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
to become speechless; to be at a loss for words
nail (e.g. fingernail, toenail); claw; plectrum; pick; hook; clasp
to lock up; to shut up; to imprison
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
to throw out one's chest; to be puffed up with pride
to grasp back; to squeeze back; to grab back
to step firmly; to harden by treading
surroundings; environs; circumference
adventure; venture; venture which is unlikely to succeed; risky attempt; danger