to copy; to duplicate; to describe; to depict; to imitate; to model after
spreading the legs (wide apart); opening the legs
yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it?
to evade (questions); to reply evasively; to beat around the bush; to throw up a smoke screen
slowly and quietly; smoothly
to dive (into or under water); to get under; to get into; to hide oneself (esp. from the government); to conceal oneself
strategy meeting; council of war
to come face to face (with)
positioning side-by-side; parallel arrangement; going along with something; following the crowd; treating something in an equal or egalitarian manner
I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt
simultaneously; all at once; in unison
to put (into); to put away (in); to pay (fees, taxes, etc.); to deliver; to accept (a gift or money); to keep (within a limit); to offer (to a shrine, deity, etc.)
synchronization; synchronized swimming
triangle (musical instrument); triangle (shape)
formal; stiff; strict; ceremonious
gap; opening; break; interval; unguarded moment; carelessness
counter for parts, stages, installments, etc. (of a story, series, project, campaign, etc.); counter for bullets
handstand; headstand; being upside down; being in reverse
serious look (on one's face); straight face
to be blurred (due to motion; of a photo, video, etc.); to be shaken (of a camera); to waver (in one's beliefs, policy, etc.); to shift (position); to be slightly off
cotton plant (Gossypium spp.); batting; wadding; padding
Hitachi (former province located in the major part of present-day Ibaraki Prefecture)
one side; one party; the other side; one (of a pair); the other (one); the mate
no matter what; whatever happens; under any circumstances; never
to focus on; to bring into focus
gurgling (e.g. of water); burbling; bubbling; glugging
to bubble; to foam; to froth
slurring (of speech); indistinctly; inarticulately
very high; high up; aloft; only; merely; just
to lift (with a crane, ropes, etc.); to raise; to hoist; to manipulate (a price) upward; to (artificially) raise; to push up
to swim; to struggle through (a crowd); to make one's way through the world; to get along (in life); to totter; to lose one's balance
tsk tsk; oh-oh; huh; what's that?
half-crying; being on the verge of crying
to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by
cloth; fabric; material; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)