low-altitude flying; having consistently poor results (grades, sales, etc.); barely scraping by; being on the verge of failing
if one is unlucky; if one is careless
neck; head; dismissal; discharge
hooray; yay; whee; yowzer; whoopee; yes
to vomit; to throw up; to emit; to send forth; to give (an opinion); to make (a comment)
to consider as; to regard (as equivalent); to deem (as); to equate
sly; cunning; sneaky; crafty; unfair; dishonest
gravity; gravitation; gravitational pull
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes
(sudden) change; reversal; turn-around; coming from behind (baseball)
to burn; to kindle; to heat (a bath); to light (a stove); to use (a camera flash)
to behave; to conduct oneself; to entertain; to treat someone (to a drink); to make tea for someone (tea ceremony)
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows
to call; to invite; to eat; to drink; to put on; to wear; to ride
millennium; one thousand years; (fig.) long time
best regards; please take care of; please do
to impose; to visit upon; to inflict
loitering; roaming; sauntering; wandering about; prowling
fate; destiny; predestination
standing facing each other (e.g. mountains, buildings); standing opposite each other; confrontation; squaring off against (adversaries, armies, forces); standing off against
to run counter to; to go against; to disobey; to infringe
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
(living) sacrifice; victim; scapegoat
god; deity; incredible; fantastic; (arch.) Emperor (of Japan); (arch.) thunder
area; domain; territory; field; range; region
a matter of course; what is to be expected; par for the course
to do together; to share; to participate in
to present; to offer; to dedicate
literally; to the letter; literal
to arrange (flowers); to plant; living; live
to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to come to an end
to remain married for life
impertinent; saucy; cheeky; impudent; audacious; cocky
don't worry about it; there is nothing to fear; there is no need for anxiety; everything is under control
to be born and raised (in); to be born and brought up; to be born and bred
to give one's life (e.g. in battle); to devote one's life (e.g. to a cause)
honor; honour; credit; prestige