journey; trip; travels; during the journey; on the way; while travelling
highly priced; expensive; valuable; costly
to peep (through); to peek; to await (one's chance); to guess; to infer
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
splendid; fine; praiseworthy; creditable; legal; legitimate
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other
satisfaction; contentment; sufficient; satisfactory; satisfying (an equation)
erratic; offbeat; wild; unconventional; extraordinary; weird
to kill one's enemy (opponent)
to catch sight of; to come into view; to happen to see
haze (esp. in spring); mist; dimness (of sight)
step; stair; shelf; layer; grade; level; dan (degree of advanced proficiency in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.)
blow; shock; strike; batting
sharp (knife, claws, etc.); pointed; sharp (pain, tone, etc.); acute; keen (intuition, sense of smell, etc.); acute
to ring; to sound; to be popular; to be esteemed; to state; to insist
side (of the torso); flank; illegitimate child; child born by someone other than one's wife
to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from); to quail (at); to be intimidated; to feel daunted
top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes; ruler and ruled
to retreat; to back off; to draw back; to step back; to shrink away
a second time; again; once more; twice
cowardly; craven; unfair; mean; sneaky
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
always; constantly; at all times; habitually
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); just like (someone)
feather; plume; wing; blade (of a fan, propeller, etc.); shuttlecock (in badminton); shuttlecock (in hanetsuki); arrow feathers
to come out (e.g. hair); to fall out; to collapse (e.g. building, floor); to be left out; to be omitted
one's last moments; hour of death; death throes; agonies of death
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
unexpectedly; surprisingly
to attract (to oneself, e.g. with bait or light); to draw close; to charm; to attract; to have a convulsion; to convulse
from one's side; from the side (of something); from someone unconnected; from someone uninvolved
grazing; skimming; almost touching; barely; just; narrowly
inevitable; necessary; certain; inevitability; necessity
distinction; difference (between two things); sense of propriety; proper conduct (according to social or moral norms); accountability; taking clear responsibility (for a fault or failing)
feather; plume; plumage; down
generally; on the whole; general; rough; outline; main points
mumbling; chewing one's words; chewing (food); squirming; wriggling
to start to move; to get going; to come alive
silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction
abdomen; belly; womb; one's mind; one's real intentions; courage; nerve