to ward off (e.g. an attack); to fend off (e.g. a question); to elude; to evade; to dodge; to turn aside (e.g. a joke)
fear; horror; risk; danger; awe; reverence
refreshing; exhilarating; invigorating; bracing
crumpled; rumpled; to be annoyed; to be irritated; noisily (chewing)
to comb down; to smooth down
aggressiveness; competitive spirit; fighting spirit
to smash; to break (into pieces); to shatter; to simplify; to make easy to understand
to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off
to cherish; to treasure; to prize; to take good care of; to look after
phrase; phrase; strawberry
to lie down; to stretch out; to lie ahead (of danger, difficulty, etc.); to lie in wait
to look up at; to raise one's eyes; to look up to; to admire; to respect
to become settled; to be fixed
choice; selection; option
unconsciousness; unconscious; involuntary; the unconscious
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
as (for); for; in the capacity of
exceptional; unusual; extraordinary; unprecedented; singular
to fall into (e.g. a hole); to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.); to fall into (a trap, etc.); to fall; to surrender
disliking; hating; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
probably; (most) likely; in all likelihood; I suspect; I dare say; I'm afraid
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
help; rescue; salvation; solace; (religious) salvation; (Christian) grace
courtyard; quadrangle; middle court
full bloom (esp. of cherry blossom); full blossom
to bloom; to flower; to blossom; (arch.) to rise up (of breaking waves)
flowers; beautiful; spectacular
to comfort; to console; to amuse
long ago; a long time ago; already
to shift one's attention to; to shift one's focus on
to be far apart (from); to be a long way off (from); to be remote; to be very different (from); to be quite unlike; to be far from (e.g. the truth)
very difficult to ...; nearly impossible to ...
lightly (floating, drifting, etc.); buoyantly; soft; fluffy; unsteadily; flightily
unreliable; undependable; helpless; forlorn; worried; uneasy
dandelion (esp. species Taraxacum platycarpum)
to float; to become merry; to be cheerful; to become loose; to become unsteady; to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you)
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say