opening fully; full throttle; full power
neutralization; neutralisation; counteraction
somehow or other; for some reason or another
to strain one's eyes; to look closely; to stare at
drifting cloud; floating cloud; instability
sky; air; ether; firmament; the heavens
to pull (the puppet) strings; to direct things from behind the scenes; to stretch out (and keep going); to linger on
to haul in (e.g. rope, net, etc.); to pull in; to attract (e.g. stares)
cry (esp. animal); roar; chirp; tweet; bark; whine
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
steamship; steamboat; steamer
wooden; made of wood; wooden construction
sailing ship; sailing boat; sailing vessel
(sea) voyage; navigation; sailing; passage; cruise
to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)
to take advantage (of somebody's weaknesses, carelessness, etc.); to impose on
blasphemy; curse; profanity; sacrilege; desecration
selfish; egoistic; self-serving; self-interested
to yield; to give in; to bend (knee, etc.); to subdue; to overpower; (arch.) to feel down
to send or direct a person to
transforming oneself; taking on another form; disguising oneself; artificial fly (for fishing)
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause
shooting; firing; emitting; ejection; projection; injection
to tell X from Y; to distinguish; to know (one thing) from (another)
computerization; computerisation
small; little; tiny; insignificant; humble; modest
treason; treachery; mutiny; rebellion; insurrection
(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front
scattered; disperse; loose; disconnected; in pieces; in drops
to peel off and fall; to flake away