to come into being; to be born
military sword; saber; sabre
to bend down; to bow down; to prostrate oneself; to hide oneself
(coming to a) sudden stop
puncture; flat tyre (tire); blowout; bursting; overflowing; being jammed (e.g. phone lines)
range (of a rifle, missile, etc.)
to open some distance (e.g. with other people)
sharpshooting; shooting; sniping; setting a goal and carrying it out
to duck one's head; to pull in one's head; to duck down; to shrug one's shoulders
friendly fire; killing each other by mistake; internecine strife
used; second-hand; old; Middle Ages (in Japan esp. Heian period)
education world or circles
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
looking aside while driving; taking one's eyes off the road ahead while driving
suicide bombing (e.g. crashing one's plane into a target); self-destruction; blowing oneself up
helplessly; easily; without resistance; without regret
to grumble about something (trivial)
uneven; irregular; non-uniform; unsorted; odd; miscellaneous
taking back what one just said; eating one's words; negating one's previous comment, opinion, etc.
low-altitude flying; having consistently poor results (grades, sales, etc.); barely scraping by; being on the verge of failing
gliding; sliding; skating (on ice); taxiing (aircraft); making a takeoff run
transport aircraft; transport plane
contract negotiation; contract discussion
air transport; air lift; airlift
poor crop; bad harvest; crop failure; low quality (e.g. of literary works)
to mow; to reap; to harvest
railway bridge; iron bridge
check station; checkpoint
hook; hook bracket (Japanese quotation mark)
red cloth; red background
apparent; obvious; very clear
you can never be too careful
upstart; nouveau riche; new money; piece promoted to gold general
gloomy; melancholy; pessimistic
mooring line; mooring rope; painter
innocent look; nonchalant look; look of ignorance; air of innocence