to soar; to fly high; to be whirled up; to make merry; to be ecstatic; to be in high spirits
dust; trash; garbage; negligible amount; tiny bit; hustle and bustle (of life)
whole; entirety; whatever (is the matter)
to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
confusion; dismay; consternation; panic
to struggle in the water; to sink below the surface and become unable to breathe; to (nearly) drown; to indulge in; to lose one's head over something; to be addicted
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
plunge basin; waterfall lake; plunge pool; basin under a waterfall
the reverse; other side; lining
cosplay (dressing in costume, esp. as a manga character, etc.)
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
dish consisting of bony fish parts boiled in soy sauce
total darkness; pitch dark; bleak future; poor prospects
back; rear; background; behind the scenes
terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific
yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer
easily mixed up (e.g. similar words); easily mistaken; confusingly similar; misleading; equivocal; ambiguous
odd; strange; queer; weird; bizarre
three sides; small offering stand
counter for the ichi-ni-san counting system (usu. directly preceding the item being counted); noun read using its on-yomi; counter for articles; indicates possessive (esp. in place names)
field; plain; prairie; tundra; moor; wilderness
dominion; territory; possession
group engaged in some activity (players, companies, forces, etc.)
before one's own eyes; from under one's very nose; without doing anything; without resistance; helplessly; negligently
to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by
going into battle; departure for the front
ignominious defeat; crushing failure; utterly beaten; overwhelming defeat
proxy; ringer; substitute; second serving of noodles (to add to previously purchased ramen)
to gain time; to play for time; to buy time
to follow; to pursue; to die right after a loved one; to kill oneself after the death of a loved one; to follow an example set by earlier generations (or one's master, etc.)
to run around trying to escape; to run from place to place
to chase away; to drive away; to drive out
remembrance; recollection; recognition
to become defiant; to fight back; to turn upon; to take the offensive
weird; ominous; eerie; uncanny; ghastly
true character; true form; true colors (colours); consciousness; one's senses
to lose (money, etc.); to waste one's (time, etc.); to have one's efforts come to naught