piercing; shrill; noisy; loud; clamorous; wild
shrill voice; piercing cry; shriek; scream
metallic sound; metallic clank
lakeside; lakeshore; lakefront
to blow away; to blow off; to dispel; to drive away; to talk big
to be blown off; to be blown away; to disappear; to vanish; to rush; to hurry
route; course; path; one's future course (e.g. after graduating high school)
and; AND (Boolean operator)
errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit; use
limited express (train for which a limited-express ticket is required); limited express (train making a limited no. of stops); great hurry
to strengthen; to emphasize; to emphasise
not one to talk; who are you to say; look who's talking
attack on both sides; pincer movement; double envelopment
without trouble; easily; readily
taking a quantity (of time, people, etc.); similar to ...; dependent on ...; reliant on ...; while ...; when ...
just one person; only one
sweets (desserts, candy, etc.)
to keep company; to look after; to entertain; to play (a game) with
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
to sing; to sing of (love, beauty, etc.) in a poem; to express in the form of a poem; to recite (a poem)
to change (with time, the ages, the seasons, etc.); to shift
offense and defense; offence and defence
substance; true form; main part; main unit; object of worship (at a shrine, temple, etc.); noumenon
increase; multiplication; propagation; proliferation
skewering; skewered food; piercing (and killing; with a spear, etc.); impaling; running through
paper-thin (difference); razor-thin; very slight
slowly (but steadily); gradually; irritatedly; impatiently; scorchingly (of the sun); sizzling (i.e. sound of frying in oil); sound of a warning bell, alarm clock, etc.
felling timber; cutting down trees; logging; lumbering
pair; the two; both persons; both things
to use up (all one's strength, ideas, etc.); to exert oneself; to do one's best
to spread its roots (of a tree, etc.); to take root (of an ideology, etc.); to put down roots; to settle down (in a place)
immovable; motionless; firm; Acala (Wisdom King); Fudō; fierce Buddhist deity
rudeness; impoliteness; discourtesy; insolence
cancellation; cancelling (a person, e.g. for an inflammatory remark); cancel culture
backstep (dancing, sports); set-back (motorcycle) footrests
to push out; to project; to stick out; to hand over (e.g. to the police)
middle-distance (races); intermediate-range (missile)
countermeasure; counter-measure
to gape; to open one's mouth wide
spring (device); spring (in one's legs); bounce; springboard; impetus