wide open sky; the blue; heavens; firmament
to lead; to take the initiative; to take precedence (e.g. sadness taking precedence over anger); to be most essential
prophet; predictor; prognosticator
to shake; to tremble; to sway; to be unsettled; to be unstable; to fluctuate
roughly; approximately; round about; cursorily; briefly; quickly
slope; incline; hill; milestone; (age) mark
to kick; to refuse; to reject; to stamp (on the ground); to firmly press one's feet (against something)
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
adventurous spirit; sense of adventure
two ways; both ways; two kinds
conviction; belief; confidence
conclusive evidence; positive proof; definite proof; confirmation
alone; unaided; away from home
difficulty; trouble; accident; disaster; fault; defect
to persist in; to carry out; to have one's own way; to push through; to carry through
shallow; superficial; thoughtless; short-sighted; foolish; silly
to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake
to repent; to regret; to be sorry; to rue
to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place); to be limited to; to be confined to; to only account for
to start work (on); to undertake; to start committing a crime; embarkation; launch
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
to improve upon; to make improvements to; to refine
one swing; one shake (e.g. of pepper); one sword
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any
obi; kimono sash; paper wrapper on books, CDs, etc.; band; belt; cingulum
time; years; days; the Moon and the Sun
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
from the beginning; from the first; all along; of course
tempering (metal); annealing; forging; toughening; disciplining; training