dramatic; exciting; touching; extreme
ecdysis; shedding (of skin); sloughing; freeing oneself; breaking with (convention, etc.)
skin; hide; rind; peel; shell; sheath
as you were; return to your original position!; er, rather
to shoot (arrow, bolt, dart)
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
to jump in; to leap in; to plunge into; to burst in; to barge in
concerning the result (as opposed to the means used to achieve this result or the original goal)
legendary beast; magical beast
to lie down; to stretch out; to lie ahead (of danger, difficulty, etc.); to lie in wait
Japanese chimera; mythical creature with a monkey's head, tanuki's body, tiger's limbs, and a snake tail; White's thrush (Zoothera dauma); mysterious person; person of unknown character
cryptid (unidentified mysterious creature); mythical beast
appropriate; adequate; suitable; fitting; worthy
tradition; legend; folklore
monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook
tiger (Panthera tigris); drunkard; drunk; sot
common raccoon (Procyon lotor)
in tufts; tufty; bushy; thick; luxuriant
hair; fur; wool; down; plumage
dog (Canis (lupus) familiaris); squealer; rat; loser; asshole; counterfeit
elastic; flexible; telescoping; expandable; retractable; extensible
feather; plume; wing; blade (of a fan, propeller, etc.); shuttlecock (in badminton); shuttlecock (in hanetsuki); arrow feathers
web (between fingers or toes); paddle; paddle blade
remains; traces; (the sorrow of) parting; end
cannot be compared with; no match for
garden; yard; courtyard; field (of action); area
fluffy; lumpy (e.g. clothing); uneven; bulging (e.g. muscles)
to make round; to roll up; to seduce; to cajole; to round off (a fraction); (arch.) to lump together
peaceful; tranquil; calm; restful
effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)
distant view; looking from a distance; good long distance vision; farsightedness
that being the case; in that case; if that's how it's going to go
different opinion; objection
to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated
to risk one's life (to do); to put one's life on the line; to step forward (to do); to give one's all
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)
reconciliation; make peace with
clatter; clank; rattling; capsule toy vending machine
to finger; to touch; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby