thigh; buttocks; arse; ass
just (now, at the moment, etc.); just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
stimulus; impetus; incentive; encouragement; motivation; provocation
to be bewildered; to be perplexed
backward glance; sidelong glance; faceless ghost with an eye in its rump
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
to walk behind someone; to follow in someone's footsteps
oh well, fine; fine, I guess; alright, I suppose; OK, then
to accompany; to follow; to keep up with
limited express (train, faster than an express)
route; road; distance travelled in a day; one's ... (age, e.g. 40s, 60s)
(jumping) nimbly; light-footed; boing; used at sentence end to affect cuteness
to jump upon (a moving object)
fictitious; imaginary; fanciful; aerial; overhead
weekday; ordinary days (i.e. non-holiday); kanji radical 73
daytime; during the day; time from sunrise until sunset; diurnal period
statue; picture; picture revealing character
artificial product; man-made product; fiction; made-up story; decoration (e.g. for a festival); theatrical prop (esp. a large prop in noh or kyogen, e.g. tree, well, boat)
loose; slack; gentle (slope, curve); slow (speed); lenient; liberal
to come into contact with; to touch (each other); to have a brush with
establishment; creation; posing (a problem); options setting; preference settings; configuration
high-spec; highly competitive (on the dating scene, e.g. by having a high income, being good-looking); ticking all the boxes
degree; extent; (health) condition; state of health; adjustment; moderation; addition and subtraction
that's true; of course; obviously
to render futile; to bring to naught; to waste; to not make good use of
tunnel; to tunnel (through a potential barrier); letting a grounder go through one's legs
noisy; loud; much talked of; much-discussed; strict; severe
eardrum; tympanic membrane
shaking; shake; unsettledness; instability; existence of multiple spellings, pronunciations, usages, etc. for a single word
to reduce (one's) speed; to slow down (driving, cycling, etc.)
group; bunch; crowd; group
surging crowd; wave of humanity; stampede
to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring
place hidden from view; cover; shelter; hiding place
curiosity; inquisitiveness
to overflow; to brim over; to flood
(connecting) passageway; accessway; walk-through; skyway; sky bridge
to cross (e.g. road); to traverse
passage; pathway; roadway; avenue; aisle
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend