nothing but; none other than
securing; obtaining; ensuring; belay; belaying
to keep in mind; to bear in mind; to try; to aim to do; to endeavor; to endeavour
deletion; elimination; erasure; striking out
form; method; system; formula
settlement; conclusion; summary
receiving in advance (e.g. wages, interest); taking before others; anticipation; being ahead of (e.g. the times); prefetch; anticipatory completion (i.e. finishing another's sentence)
scribbling; scrawl; hasty writing
occasion; time; section (of a literary work); paragraph; season; term; principle
further; farther; furthermore; all the more; even more
to go pale; to grow pale; to lose color; to turn white
to become blue; to turn green; to turn pale; to blanch (with fear)
deep blue; bright blue; ghastly pale; pallid; white as a sheet
to come and see (someone, something); to visit
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
lifelike; exact resemblance
to fly around; to scatter
scattering; diffusion; spread (e.g. signal across the spectrum)
Gion (entertainment district in Kyoto)
imitative sound (in film, theatre, etc.); sound effect
talk; dialogue; conversation
consultation; discussion; discussing; asking (somebody) for advice
to add; to write a postscript
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
stepping stones; stone skipping; ducks and drakes
revealing (information, a secret, etc.); disclosure; telling; letting out
to keep a promise; to keep one's word
practice; training; drill; (an) exercise; workout
to get dark; to grow dark; to end (of a day, year, season, etc.); to come to an end; to be sunk in (e.g. despair); to be lost in (e.g. thought)
noon; midday; daytime; lunch