flapping; rattling (sound); noisily; commotion; kerfuffle
drizzling (rain); blearily; weakly (blinking); dejectedly; gloomily
after this; from now on; hereafter; thereafter; since (then); after
to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)
two (long cylindrical things)
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
one's superior; higher-up; boss; senior
feeling refreshed; feeling relieved; neat; tidy; frank; open-hearted; completely
feeling uneasy; very worried; very anxious; on tenterhooks; on pins and needles
both hands; both arms; ten
trial; judgement; judgment
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
flashiness; showiness; brilliance; bloom; flowers
crossing swords; fighting with swords; cutting each other (in fighting)
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
(ship or shipbuilding) timber or plank
raft; forearm protector; skewered baby-eel kabayaki
to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple
tall figure; high stature
to arrange (flowers); to plant; living; live
somehow; without knowing (it); unconsciously; unthinkingly
to drift; to float; to waft (e.g. a scent); to hang in the air; to be in the air (e.g. a feeling or mood); to wander; to walk around aimlessly
to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off
to drift (to); to be washed ashore
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
again; once more; a second time
vagrancy; vagabondage; wander around
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
left hand; left-hand side; left-hand direction; (on) the left
dead branch (or twig, etc.); withered branch
to face; to confront; to be opposite to
scabbard; sheath; cap (on pen, brush, etc.); case; margin (between two prices); spread
to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light
just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment
step; stair; grade; rank; counter for breaks in written language (or speech, etc.); dan
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly