profile; face in profile; face seen from the side; (personal) profile; (biographical) sketch; outline (of someone's life)
asking; enquiring; searching; looking for
target; object (of worship, study, etc.); subject (of taxation, etc.)
to realize; to realise; to hit upon something
representative; representation; delegation; switchboard number; main number
to lament; to grieve; to regret; to deplore
being startled; getting a shock
watching a (sports) game; spectating; observing (military operations)
each nation; many nations; many countries
to begin to fall (rain, etc.)
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
demon; devil; evil spirit; monster; goblin; apparition
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry
to fly about; to flutter about; to flit about; to fly past each other
to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or somebody else
objection; refutation; rebuttal; counterargument
kind; variety; (biological) species; (logical) species
to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter
difficult to imagine; quite unlikely to; very doubtful; would not expect
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
advance warning; previous notice; announcement; herald; harbinger; forerunner
idle gossip; foolish talk; yarn
disappointed; dejected; disheartened; indignant; angry
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...
precipitous cliff; sheer precipice; critical situation
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
forced march; (fig.) doing something on a very strict schedule
reckless; thoughtless; rash; ill-advised; impulsive; mad (e.g. scheme)
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
nine (in mekuri karuta); oicho-kabu (traditional Japanese gambling card game)
to air; to dry; to drain (off); to drink up; to deprive of a role, job, etc.
pickling in salt; leaving unchanged; leaving unused
salmon (Salmonidae spp.); chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta)