direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)
(looking) blankly; vacantly; dazedly; (staring) in puzzlement; with a look of amazement
occurrence; happening; incident; event
to go by; to cross; to pass by; to flash across
to wake up; to awake; to perk up; to awaken (to the truth, etc.); to come to a realization; to come to one's senses
to speak; to say; to vocalize
immediate; prompt; quick; rapid; urgent; pressing
running as fast as one can
subterranean rumbling; earth tremor
to stand (something) up; to put upright; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to let out; to raise (a cloud of dust, smoke, etc.)
to scurry home; to run home; to fly back
job opening-to-application ratio; job-offers-seekers ratio
meals prepared for employees (e.g. of a restaurant); staff meals
trial product; prototype model
to attract notice; to catch the eye; to stand out
replacement; substitution; change; shunting (rail); switching
cooperation; collaboration; association; community; communal use; common possession
to break (into pieces); to smash; to shatter (someone's hopes, confidence, etc.); to crush; to simplify; to make easy to understand
to mix; to stir; to blend
to be sticky; to be close together
another; one more; even more; (not) quite; (not) very
lip balm; lip salve; chapstick
beehive; hive; something full of holes; (fig.) Swiss cheese; beef reticulum; honeycomb tripe
honeybee (Apis sp.); honey bee
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
rustling; dry; rough feeling; rough (of a person); coarse; catching fish with a net
to crack; to be cracked; to develop a crack
even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that
trembling; shivering; jiggling; wobbling; bouncing
to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
to tie; to bind; to fasten; to restrict (freedom); to tie down (with rules, regulations, etc.); to fetter
restriction; restraint; binding; constraint
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
wait-and-see (situation, stance, etc.); waiting to see (how things play out); watching developments (before acting); probe; probing move
to take root (of a plant); to strike root; to root; to become established (e.g. of an idea, a movement); to take hold; to take root
tolerable; passable; adequate; so-so
taking over (another's debt, work); shouldering someone else's burden; subrogation
to stay indoors; to be confined indoors