spire; steeple; pinnacle; minaret
head over heels; headlong; head first
to stick (into); to pierce; to enter at full speed; to hit (e.g. the catcher's mitt) at speed
to burst open; to split open; to be bursting with (e.g. youth, laughter, flavor); to bounce; to bound
looking over someone's shoulder
flamboyant; extravagant; showy; attention-seeking
to rise (steeply); to tower; to soar
reverse; inversion; upside down; unreasonable; absurd; wrong
three times; thrice; many times; over and over again; repeatedly
unexpectedness; unpredictability; tendency to surprise; element of surprise
to become pale; to turn pale
to anticipate; to foresee
to make a mistake; to blunder
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); -ing
hailing each other; acting in concert; responding (to); agreement; concord
to appear uncomfortable (with); to seem to hate; to express dislike
counter for thin, flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper, plates, coins); counter for portions of gyōza or soba; counter for ranks; counter for wrestlers of a particular rank; counter for fields or rice paddies; counter for palanquin bearers
to shine brilliantly; to shine radiantly
accursed; damned; blasted
no sooner ... than ...; hardly ... when ...; as soon as ...
one plot (of land); one (city) block; one area; one brush stroke; one kanji stroke
extraction; abstraction; selection (from a group); sampling
(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently; (not) satisfactorily; (not) decently
impact (of a projectile); landing (of a bullet); striking
orbit; trajectory; (railroad) track; (right) track; proper course
to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray
counter for parts, stages, installments, etc. (of a story, series, project, campaign, etc.); counter for bullets
to harm; to cause harm to
incomprehensible; mysterious; inexplicable; inscrutable; enigmatic; baffling
to excel; to surpass; to exceed; to outweigh; to preponderate
to face (each other); to be facing; to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to receive (a client, etc.); to compare with
to take a long hard look at; to look (someone) full in the face
exposed; scanty; bare; public; open
to become clear; to be made public
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time; it's been a long time; long time no see