happy; cheerful; pleasant
to tremble violently; to shudder up; to shake
eagerly (waiting); (waiting) impatiently
mark; symbol; to mark; to put a mark on; trademark; paying attention to; focusing on
sudden rise; steep climb; zoom; trending
the vertical; height; front-to-back; length; north-to-south; vertical (relationship)
to go round and cut in; to take a roundabout path
somersault; looping-the-loop
willpower; guts; determination; character; nature; disposition
just what you'd expect from ...; that's just like (him, her, etc.); that's (exactly) why ...; that's (precisely) the reason ...
on purpose; deliberately; intentionally
to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn
to be effective; to be fruitful; to be worthwhile; to be worth; to be rewarded; to pay off
pace; rate; pitch (i.e. angle, space, field, sound, etc.); pitch (from distilling petroleum, tar, etc.); pitch (football, rugby); playing field
feather; plume; wing; blade (of a fan, propeller, etc.); shuttlecock (in badminton); shuttlecock (in hanetsuki); arrow feathers
maintenance; preservation; improvement
front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context
pursuit (of a fleeing enemy); chase
to handle (men); to master (a tool); to manage; to acquire a command of (a language)
exquisite skill; wonderful performance
stability; security; equilibrium
to chip (off); to shave (off); to slice (off); to dampen (e.g. enthusiasm); to discourage; to weaken
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
to pull apart; to separate; to have a lead over; to pull ahead of; to outdistance
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
tradition; legend; folklore
counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun
for better or worse; for good and bad; regardless of merit; both good and bad
following; pursuing; tracking; shadowing; tailing; chasing
wide open sky; the blue; heavens; firmament
reading; reading (of a kanji, esp. kun reading); reading (e.g. of a situation); insight
bargaining; haggling; tactics; strategy
unnecessary; not needed; not necessary
to beat by a wide margin (in a race); to tear (off) roughly
if it is not ...; if it does not ...
to backfire; to produce a result opposite to what was expected or intended
to sit on the edge of one's seat; to be in breathless suspense