bat (Chiroptera spp.); umbrella; opportunist; turncoat
rank (of troops); file; column; formation
to surpass; to outstrip; to excel
head; lead; vanguard; first
remnant; residue; remaining; left-over
dango; dumpling (usu. sweet); ball-shaped object; something round; lump; group
reasonably; fairly; hurriedly; in a rush; approximately; about
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be
weak; feeble; delicate; frail; helpless
light; illumination; glow; lamp; light
water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
wholesale delegation; hundred-percent subcontracting; leaving all the decision-making to somebody else
to subsist; to keep on living
to be found; to be discovered
to shine; to glitter; to be bright
to overlook; to fail to notice; to miss (seeing)
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
branch road; forked road; branch; crossroads (of a course of events); turning point; parting of the ways
difficult voyage; hard flight; rough going; rough passage; running into trouble
seeing two people (i.e. romantically) at the same time; two-timing; bifurcation; fork; fence-sitting; playing it both ways
ten; 10; ten years of age
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
tedious; boring; being fed up with
dead end; cul-de-sac; blind alley; end; end of the road; end point
escape from reality; escapism; ostrichism
to grow; to spring up; to sprout; to cut (teeth)
change for the better; improvement; looking better (than before)
passage; pathway; roadway; avenue; aisle
to be fed up (with); to be tired (of); to be stumped; to be nonplussed; to wince; to shrink back
to lower one's voice; to speak more softly
to anger; to displease; to offend; to square (one's shoulders); to make stern (e.g. eyes); to raise (one's voice) in anger
to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)
chitter; chatter; giggle; screeching; squealing
to make noise; to make racket; to rustle; to swoosh; to make merry; to clamor; to clamour
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
floating ball of fire (said to be the soul of a dead person); meteor; shooting star
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole