again; once again; yet again
disquieting; threatening; turbulent; restless; unsettled; disturbing
to get off one's backside; to bestir oneself
barren; sterile; infertile; unproductive (e.g. discussion); fruitless
going round in circles; game of cat and mouse; pointless and repetitive back-and-forth; itachi-gokko; Edo-period children's game in which two players alternately pinch the back of the other's hands and stack them on top of each other while saying "itachi-gokko, nezumi-gokko"
release; unleashing; liberation; deallocation (of computer memory)
for today; for the time being
thoughtless; reckless; rash; excessive; unreasonable; immoderate
high-quality goods; choice goods
to set free; to let go; to release; to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to let get away
from out of nowhere; from who knows where
height (of a person); stature
color (of an animal); body color
assimilation; absorption; adaptation; assimilation; anabolism; assimilation (phonology)
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
remaining bony parts (of a fish after filleting); flaw (esp. of a person); fault; rice chaff; rough; crude
to become senile; to show signs of decline; to lose one's edge; to lose one's touch; to lose one's astuteness
to sense; to perceive; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment
branch; bough; limb; twig; sprig; spray
top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes; ruler and ruled
inverted; upside down; reversed; back to front
traditional; customary; conventional
stealth; travelling incognito (traveling); ninjutsu; ninja; sneak theft; sneak thief; tolerance
presumably; it seems that ...; I guess that ...; I suppose that ...; one could infer that ...
very likely; very probable
very interesting; of great interest
unexpected; unlikely; terrible; awful; very; extremely
goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre
thinly; slightly; vaguely; a little
checking answers (e.g. to homework problems); verifying one's answers
squirrel's foot fern (Davallia mariesii); Lepisorus thunbergianus (species of fern); color of clothing layers under one's overcoat (light green on blue); shinobu-wake (Edo-period women's hairstyle); clothing patterned using squirrel's foot fern
to land (a fish); to catch; to reel in
Buddhist priest; bonze; close-cropped hair; crew cut; boy; sonny
professional; pro; program; production; proletarian; proletariat
to divide; to cut; to halve; to break; to crack; to dilute; to fall below