to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
to rant and rave; to raise hell
crisis awareness; sense of impending crisis
rapidly; vigorously; by leaps and bounds; steadily
to shorten; to narrow; to close; to shrink
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
matter of time; question of time
irritability; feeling of impatience; sense of uneasiness
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
one arm; one's right-hand man; one's right hand
to make round; to roll up; to seduce; to cajole; to round off (a fraction); (arch.) to lump together
to hold; to carry; to embrace (in one's arms)
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
to get cracked; to develop a crack; to be fissured
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
worn-out; ragged; crumbling; dry and crumbly; falling (in drops or clumps); scattering
to leave as is; to ignore
to change facial expression or color (due to anger, embarrassment, etc.)
contrary to expectations; or so we thought, but ...
suddenly; all of a sudden
forefoot; forefeet; foreleg; forelimb
scale (of fish, snake, etc.); serif (on kana or kanji (e.g. in Mincho font))
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
superior (in rank); top; higher order (e.g. byte); host computer (of connected device)
reigning; controlling; dictating
to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem
to be incomparable; to be completely different matters; to be completely different things
to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from); to quail (at)
to fall on one's backside
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
to crack; to develop a crack
to turn over; to turn around; to change (one's mind); to reverse (one's decision); to fly (flag, etc.); to wave (skirt, cape, etc.)
to interrupt; to obstruct (a view, someone's way, etc.); to block (light, wind, etc.); to intercept; to cut off
thunderous roar; roaring sound