to watch for an unguarded moment
exit; way out; outlet; vent
bitter (taste); sour (expression, look); bitter; bitter (e.g. experience); painful
feather; plume; plumage; down
to fight a battle; to have a fight
wing; Chinese "Wings" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); (arch.) counter for birds or bird wings
to flap (wings); to spread one's wings; to go out into the world
to meet (the enemy) and attack; to engage (the approaching enemy); to confront; to intercept
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to whirl (in the wind); to flutter (about); to swirl
pardon; forgiveness; tolerance; leniency; mercy; going easy (on someone)
being outnumbered (e.g. in a military context)
defense; defence; safeguard; protection
to look up at; to raise one's eyes; to look up to; to admire; to respect
to raise; to lift; to boost; to enhance
to dance (orig. a hopping dance); to be manipulated; to dance to someone's tune
splendid; magnificent; gorgeous
dance (esp. Western style); dancing
widely; extensively; far and wide; everywhere; all around; generally
beautiful (of one's appearance, voice, bearing, etc.); lovely; heartwarming (of a relationship, state of affairs, etc.); beautiful; wonderful
dancing; dance; iteration mark (used to represent repetition of the previous character); Bon Festival dance; Lantern Festival dance; eating live seafood (e.g. squid, ice gobies) while it is still moving; soft spot (in the skull of an infant)
charm; fascination; to charm; to fascinate; to captivate
to slip out; to sneak away; to break into the lead; to get ahead; to begin to fall out (e.g. hair); to break out (of a loop)
strangely; oddly; miraculously; mysteriously
resembling closely; being strikingly similar; bearing a strong likeness
to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from); to quail (at); to be intimidated; to feel daunted
to exploit a gap (in attention, security, etc.); to catch off guard
designation; specification; assignment; appointment; pointing at
key word; key phrase; clue; keyword; search term; index term
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
five times (as much); quintuple; fivefold
swaying (only once, in a large, slow motion); relaxedly
evasion; avoidance; recusal (of a judge)
long time; long interval; for quite some time
several times; a few times; several degrees; a few degrees
to underrate; to belittle; to look down on; to despise
(dead) body; corpse; carcass; remains
to run out of breath; to get breathless; to get puffed (out)
perfect; complete; flawless
partly burned charcoal; cinders; charred remains; (arch.) servant boy at a brothel or teahouse
to compete with; to argue with; to quarrel
to be scared (of); to be frightened (by); to be intimidated (by)
to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away
choices; alternatives; options
putting the cart before the horse; mistaking the means for the end; getting one's priorities backwards
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize