harmless; innocuous; safe; benign
alternating between happiness and anxiety; swinging between joy and sorrow; being glad and sad by turns; oscillating between optimism and pessimism
Fermat; Fellmer; Vellmar (Germany)
trident; Trident (missile)
shades of evening; dead of night
to be unable to do; to find something difficult to do
up through; up until; down to; from ... to ... (e.g. from head to toe); everything from ... to ...
sense of caution; wariness
to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or someone else
to be scorched into; to be seared into; to make a strong impression; to be etched in (one's memory)
proclamation; official notice; touch; contact
optimist; easy-going person
monotony; monotone; dullness; monotone; monotonic
board; plank; sheet (of metal); plate (of glass); cutting board; chopping board
ascent; climbing; up-train; train heading toward the starting point of its route; upbound (esp. toward Tokyo); upstream
to stretch larger; to enlarge (photos); to delay (e.g. the end of a meeting)
fault; weakness; flaw; crux (of a matter); difficult point; point of contention
as much as one can; as much as possible
dead center; (right in the) middle; midst; midst (e.g. of a storm); heyday; (the) height (e.g. of a debate)
to put it in an extreme way; to put it in extreme terms
on the strength of numbers
to be unable to just watch (without doing anything); to be unable to look on in silence; to be unable to overlook; to be unable to remain indifferent to
suspicion will raise bogies; once you suspect something, everything else will look suspicious; jumping at shadows
fast approach; quick intimacy
enclosure; fence; storage (of fruit, vegetables, etc.); partitioned area of a room for conducting tea ceremonies; mistress; castle
brilliance; polish; lustre; luster; glossy finish
sultry; sweltering; stuffy; uncomfortably hot-looking (clothing, etc.); stuffy-looking
to set off an explosive; to start a fire under someone; to motivate someone with rough words
to be in full bloom; to blossom in full glory; to be in fullness of bloom
to melt together; to blend together
to play for time; to use delaying tactics
ōmi yari; long-bladed spear (blades 60cm or more)
hazy; dim; faint; minced fish or meat that is seasoned and fried
the work of man; human feat; something humanly possible
reaction; recoil; kick; backlash
violence; vehemence; fury; fervour; fervor; severity
clink; clack; feeling annoyed; being offended; being hurt
to polish up; to shine up
to attack; to go for; to come at; to pounce on; to jump on; to swoop down on