to shorten the distance (between); to close the gap (e.g. on the leader); to get closer (e.g. to someone); to close in (on)
left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one
to try to unsettle someone; to throw off balance
moving about in confusion; going every which way; going this way and that
to push; to press; to apply pressure from above; to press down; to stamp (i.e. a passport); to apply a seal; to affix (e.g. gold leaf)
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
sink or swim; all or nothing; hit or miss; make or break
flying; leaping; zero; naught; flying fish (esp. the Japanese flying fish, Cypselurus agoo)
unexpected; unforeseen; strange
to fly around; to scatter
to tear; to rip up; to cut up; to cleave; to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers); (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
forcibly; against one's will
at once; immediately; without delay; promptly
flinchingly; falteringly; being overwhelmed; staggeringly; totteringly; unsteadily
weeding (prior to tree-planting)
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
to turn; to shift; to alter; to distract
action; movements; motions; bearing; behaviour; behavior
tired feeling; feeling of exhaustion; sense of fatigue; fatigability
to smoke; to breathe in; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up
running continuously; firing in rapid succession
to be exhausted; to be worn out
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up
substitution; replacement; shifting; change
to begin; to set about; to start
fleeting (glimpse, glance, etc.)
dizziness; giddiness; vertigo
slow; tedious; sluggish; irritating
implement for carrying heavy loads, generally made of bamboo and woven grass or rope
to kneel down on one knee; to genuflect
from the beginning; without hesitation; flatly (e.g. refusing); entirely; completely
to act violently; to rage; to struggle; to be riotous
way to go!; attaboy!; hear, hear!