to be in high spirits; to be encouraged; to be lively; to cheer up
shortness of breath; panting; puffing; running out of steam (e.g. economy); losing momentum
to cross; to go across; to go through; to cut across
concealment; hiding; ambush; incubation; latency; dormancy
reckless; thoughtless; rash; ill-advised; impulsive; mad (e.g. scheme)
how; in what way; in what manner
extinction; discontinuation; severance; rupture; to become extinct; to cease to exist
fund-raising; collection of funds
pretending not to see something; turning a blind eye to; burying one's head in the sand
diagonally; obliquely; slantingly; slantwise
arranging in a line; standing in a row; parallel (electronics, computing, etc.)
random; by chance; haphazard; hit-or-miss; unplanned
calculation; reckoning; count; forecast
slowly; inefficiently; tardily; dawdling
confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging
to go ahead; to pull ahead
gravity; gravitation; gravitational pull
to come to an end; to lower the curtain
buttocks; behind; undersurface; bottom; last place; end
feather; plume; wing; shuttlecock (in badminton)
to cover fully; to wrap around
no need to guess; certainly
very improbable; vanishingly unlikely; only with a miracle
fallen leaves; leaf litter; falling leaves
bullfighting; bullfight; fighting bull
accumulation; pile; heap; sedimentation
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; being stranded; grounding
base of the throat; bottom of the neck
hateful; detestable; loathsome
standing facing each other (e.g. mountains, buildings); standing opposite each other; confrontation; squaring off against (adversaries, armies, forces); standing off against
direct transmission (of mystery, skill, secret, etc.); initiation
absolute basics; very rudiments
locational advantage; advantageous position; products from the land (farm output, timber, minerals, etc.); land rent
last moment; eleventh hour; platform made of dirt used to perform executions (decapitations) in the Edo period
eternity; permanence; perpetuity; Eikyū era (1113.7.13-1118.4.3)
to chirp (of a swarm of insects); to sing; to gather; to swarm
foe; enemy; resentment; enmity; harm; injury
supreme ruler; autocrat; dynast; high king