to cut corners; to be shoddy
first-class; top grade; characteristic; peculiar; school (e.g. of a performance art); one flag
seriousness; earnestness; truth; sanctity
technique; art; skill; move
fighting a good fight; putting up a good fight; fighting bravely
surrender; submission; capitulation; being defeated (e.g. by a problem); giving up; giving in
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to show someone (into a room)
useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point
to take something into ...; to bring in; to lodge (a complaint); to file (a plan); to bring to (a state: tied game, vote, trial, etc.)
white flag; truce flag; surrender flag
one more time; once more; once again
to break (into pieces); to be broken; to collapse; to crumble; to become less formal; to throw off reserve
restoration; repair; mending
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
to break; to be broken; to be folded; to give in; to back down; to turn (a corner)
hating to lose; unyielding; unbending; competitive; sore loser; determined
partition; division; settlement of accounts; preliminary warm-up ritual; toeing the mark; directing
to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace
invasion; incursion; raid; aggression; intrusion; trespass
one animal (small); (arch.) two-tan bolt of cloth
hopping; skipping; lightly and repeatedly jumping
light; easy; non-serious; minor
to jump up and down; to hop
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry
space; air; midair; (from) memory; (by) heart
to hit (e.g. to have a car hit someone); to run into; to reject; to deny; to eliminate; to exclude; to flip
time (three times, each time, etc.); times
light; faint; pale; fleeting
to dance down (leaves, petals, etc.); to fall as if dancing
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
remembrance; recollection; recognition
great fortune; good luck; rice cake stuffed with bean jam
lightly (floating, drifting, etc.); buoyantly; soft; fluffy; unsteadily; flightily
confident; full of confidence; cocky; full of oneself
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
to catch; to capture; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); towards (someone); at (someone)
to jump upon (a moving object)