to be embarrassed; to lose face
darner (any dragonfly of family Aeshnidae); devil's darning needle; dragonfly (esp. a large one)
owlet moth (members of the family Noctuidae); noctuid
to crush (with one's hands); to kill a proposal; to shelve; to table (remove from consideration)
Japanese leek (Allium chinense); Chinese onion; sour-sweet pickle of Japanese leek
one's last moments; (on) the point of death; (on) one's deathbed
to deliver; to extradite; to stretch across; to hand over
mayfly; ephemeropteran; ephemerality (of human life)
to flush out (game, etc.); to drive (animals); to beat; to urge; to spur on; to push on
to rage; to storm (at); to be furious; to enthuse; to speak enthusiastically; to speak with vigour
wheat straw; barley straw
phoenix (esp. fenghuang, the Chinese phoenix)
surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency
upper; upward; outer; surface; top
whereabout; about where; how much
pit viper (esp. the mamushi, Gloydius blomhoffi)
helmet (of a warrior); headpiece
to talk down; to corner someone in an argument
to run; to hurry (when going somewhere); to drive (a car) quickly; to ride fast (on a horse); to win (fame)
state (US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.); province (e.g. Canada); continent; (arch.) dear
to chastise; to punish; to discipline
negative; negative (e.g. thinking)
hiding; concealing; being hidden; pocket
stability; security; equilibrium
always hitting the bull's-eye; infallible
distance (of a ski jump, baseball hit, etc.); carry (of a golf ball); flight (of an arrow)
breaking ball (pitch); curve ball; screwball
axis; shaft; center; centre; stalk; stem
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle
to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out
to writhe (in pain); to be in agony; to be anguished; to be agonized; to be troubled
precious; valuable; priceless; noble; exalted; sacred
dial (e.g. telephone, radio, clock, gauge)
to dance (orig. a hopping dance)
to sink (into); to cave in; to get stuck in
to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to arrive at (a certain outcome); to come to; to end with
pachinko; mechanical gambling game superficially resembling pinball; slingshot; catapult; pistol
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up