to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert
to shake and untangle; to shake free from
scram (emergency nuclear reactor shut-down)
solid; robust; tight; taut; shrewd; calculating
unperturbed; undaunted; retaining composure; unyielding; not giving an inch
puzzle ring; wire puzzle; exercise where students link crossed hands in a circle and try working together and without letting go
locking technique in judo
leaving something as it is (after taking it out or turning it on)
fraud; trickery; hoax; swindle; counterfeit; fake
order (from one's superior); command; what you say; (someone's) words
going out; outing; leaving (one's home, office, etc.)
disagreeable; unpleasant; nasty; detestable; sarcastic; snide
in the early period (of something); at the beginning
running alongside; pacesetting; accompanying
idea; notion; sense (e.g. of duty); resignation; preparedness; observation and contemplation
to be shy; to be bashful; to look shy
skip (bounding forward with alternate hops on each foot); skipping (over); skip (captain of a curling team); skipper
to become attached (to); to take (to); to become affectionate (with); to be tamed
humming a tune; humming unconcernedly
naming; giving a name; designation; nominal
sign; indication; trace; somehow; for some reason; seeming to be
marsh; swamp; wetland; being hooked (on a video game, TV show, etc.)
to obey respectfully; to humble oneself; to sit straight (upright, respectfully, attentively)
overserious; deeply sincere; very earnest
Japanese yew (Taxus cuspidata); (arch.) wild rocambole (Allium grayi)
(in) the shape of the character hachi (eight)
age difference; disparity in age; age gap
to be renewed; to change; to be improved; to be reformed; to stand on ceremony; to be formal
attaching the polite suffix "-san" to somebody's name
presumably; it seems that ...; I guess that ...; I suppose that ...; one could infer that ...
fool; idiot; dotage; senility; touched in the head (from); out of it (from)
to get mended; to be repaired; to return to normal; to recover (e.g. one's temper); to be corrected; to get put right; to come right
Emishi; historical term for non-Yamato peoples in northern Japan; Yezo (northern part of Meiji-era Japan, esp. Hokkaido, but also Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands)
to run past from behind; to run through (e.g. gate, one's mind)
sudden peal of thunder; thunderclap
samurai on horseback; (medieval) knight
large text that appears in ads or brochures to catch the reader's attention (in copywriting)
three times (as much); treble; triple; threefold
already; now; by this time; quick; early; fast
to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to be out of alignment; to get dislodged; to deviate
satisfactory; decent; good; proper; worthy
careful thought; consideration; deliberation; reflection; rumination; pondering