quick-witted and agile; keen and nimble
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
locational advantage; advantageous position
to throw at; to turn; to raise
surfacing; rising to the surface; emerging; leaping into prominence; rising (of rank)
to speak to; to give a (something) talk to; to speak words of (something)
wrong (guess or estimate); misdirected; irrelevant; off the point
all you have to do is; just; that's all
acceleration; speeding up
to shorten; to narrow; to close; to shrink
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
to be packed (with); to be full (space, schedule, etc.); to be blocked (road, pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to shorten (width, interval, etc.); to shrink (shirt, word form, etc.); to be at a loss
superiority; predominance
decision; determination; resolution
colour; color; complexion; skin colour; look (on one's face); expression; appearance
hair style; coiffure; hairdo
to bake; to plate; to print; to burn into one's memory; to sear into one's consciousness
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
root (of a plant); root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.); root (of all evil, etc.); source; one's true nature
unsatisfying; disappointing; abrupt; not enough; too quick; too short
to be blurred (due to motion; of a photo, video, etc.); to be shaken (of a camera); to waver (in one's beliefs, policy, etc.); to shift (position); to be slightly off
sudden; abrupt; rapid; sharp; drastic; radical
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
to throw into disorder; to disarrange; to disturb (order, peace, etc.); to corrupt (public morals); to dishevel (hair)
to quiet; to calm down; to compose oneself; to settle down
to close one's eyes; to lower one's eyelids; to shut one's eyes; to die; to breathe one's last
he; she; that person; (arch.) you
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around
to attend on; to wait on; to accompany; to escort; to chaperone
relief; reassurance; recognition of right to land ownership (by the shogunate, a feudal lord, etc.); (arch.) living safely surrounded by walls
to return to normal; to revert to the starting point; to go back to how it was
guidance; leading (the way); information; notice; announcement (of one's arrival); invitation
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
to hold one's breath; to bate one's breath
conclusion; decision; judgement; affirmative
getting information (esp. by interviewing witnesses, etc. in a police investigation)
to find out; to discover; to locate