bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
feces (esp. animal); excrement; dung
pure white; blank (e.g. mind, paper)
here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up
young bird; chick; fledgling; hina doll; doll displayed during the Girls' Festival
nagging; critical; talkative; gossipy
lion; left-hand guardian dog at a Shinto shrine
to lose one's footing; to slip
(stand to) attention!; standing at attention
to rise (steeply); to tower; to soar
to open one's mouth (to talk); to (start to) tell
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
flat; level; calm; tranquil; relaxed (sitting posture); comfortable
here and there; everywhere
hollow; cavity; dent; depression
beach; seashore; seaside; coast
being raised in the mountains; person raised in the mountains
to become used to seeing; to be familiar with
different (quality, nature); heterogeneous
suddenly; abruptly; unexpectedly
judgement; judgment; decision; adjudication; award; verdict
becoming red hot; red heat; scorching heat; running high (of emotions); burning (with passion, enthusiasm, etc.)
to stagnate; to settle (at the bottom); to deposit; to become sluggish; to become dull; to be delayed
almost; roughly; approximately
tying up; restraint; restriction; arrest
just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of
to put back; to return; to vomit; to throw up; to recover (of a market price)
to escape from; to get out
the other day; a few days ago
to love; to be attached to; to cherish; to caress
spell (that restricts one's movements); binding spell
to raise one's head; to come to the fore; to rise into importance; to gain strength; to rear its head
(not) even once; (not) ever
total darkness; pitch dark; bleak future; poor prospects
smooth (of a surface); glassy; smooth (of an action, proceedings, etc.); fluent (speech); continuously differentiable
reflection; reverberation; reflex; reflexes
to inlay; to set; to stud (e.g. star-studded sky); to enchase (something) with; to mount (gems)
glittering; sparkling; glistening; twinkling
row; line; company (of someone); group; sequence; counter for rows
that kind; competition; match
control (of a machine, device, etc.); control (over an opponent, one's emotions, etc.); governing; management
not the time for; not the place for; far from; anything but; ... is out of the question; ... isn't the word for it