to bend a bow; to shoot an arrow; to rise up against; to rebel against
as expected; predictably; not surprisingly
disappearance; vanishing; loss; dying away; wearing off
high-speed; rapid; express; highway; freeway; expressway
to soar; to fly high; to be whirled up; to make merry; to be ecstatic; to be in high spirits
just above; right overhead
large bird; peng (in Chinese mythology, giant bird said to transform from a fish); fenghuang (Chinese phoenix)
indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
route; course; path; one's future course (e.g. after graduating high school)
lower region; lower part; region below
course correction; trajectory change; orbital adjustment
happiness; blessedness; luck; luckily; fortunately
to gouge; to hollow out; to greatly perturb; to cause emotional pain; to get to the bottom of things; to relentlessly bring the truth to light
to blow out; to spout out
everything; anything; nothing
right under; directly below
(beheading) block; guillotine; scaffold
length of a blade (sword, knife, etc.); walking on the edge of a sword
easily (reach, exceed, etc.); comfortably; amply; fully; well over
scale; scope; plan; structure
performance; trick; feat; extraordinary deed; daring act; bold move
wing; Chinese "Wings" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); (arch.) counter for birds or bird wings
ramming attack; hurling oneself (at); throwing oneself into (e.g. a role); going all out
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression
repeatedly; over and over again; several layers deep; layer upon layer; row upon row
to lie on top of one another; to be in a heap
strange; unfamiliar; mysterious; suspicious; (lit.) of an unknown nature
chorus; singing in a chorus
system; lineage; ancestry; group (e.g. of colors) (colours); family (e.g. of languages); close (evolutionary) relationship
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
slow (slightly pejorative); dull; stupid
to kick flying (often a person in sport, martial arts, etc.)
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
reappearance; reemergence; return; reproduction; reenactment; recreation
safety; welfare; well-being
pride; self-confidence; thinking highly of oneself; being proud of one's abilities or achievements
characteristic; traditional; peculiar; inherent; native; eigen-