to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry
falling on one's backside (behind, bottom); pratfall; mochi used to celebrate a child's first birthday; mochi tied to a baby's back if he starts walking before his first birthday in order to cause him to fall on his backside
to perceive; to sense; to take in; to grasp; to feel
trouble; burden; nuisance; care; dependence; support
uncle; old man; mister; manybar goatfish (Parupeneus multifasciatus)
planning; devising (a plan); drafting; drawing up
to retreat; to back off; to draw back; to step back; to shrink away
colorless and transparent
forefoot; forefeet; foreleg; forelimb
to kick; to refuse; to reject; to stamp (on the ground); to firmly press one's feet (against something)
to turn toward; to look (up, down, etc.); to face (e.g. east) (of a building, window, etc.); to look out on; to point (of an arrow, compass needle, etc.); to be suited to
partition; division; settlement of accounts; preliminary warm-up ritual; toeing the mark; directing
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)
elevation; rise; improvement; advancement; progress
dynamic visual acuity; DVA; kinetic vision; ability to identify objects in motion
utmost limits; extremity; limit
to sharpen; to grind; to whet; to hone; to make keen
to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie
mini-; miniskirt; mini-skirt
destructive power; destructive energy; destructive force
undisputed; entirely; perfect
(right at the) side; just beside
upper half of the body; upper body
side (of the torso); flank; illegitimate child; child born by someone other than one's wife
collision; crash; running into; conflict; quarrel; clashing
cheap structure (e.g. of houses)
cheap; rubbishy; shoddy; roughly made
staff; stuff; stuffing; filling
desk pad; sheet of plastic (or cardboard, felt, etc.) placed under writing paper; being pinned under; being caught under; model; pattern
companion; follower; attendant; retinue
to hang over; to cover; to lie over; to fall on one's shoulders; to become one's responsibility; to become a burden
I've got to be going; I must go
one sheet; one page; one block of tofu; one serving (in a restaurant); one long and narrow thing (e.g. guns, scissors, spades, hoes, inksticks, palanquins, candles, jinrikishas, shamisen, oars, etc.); one chō (unit of distance, 109.09 m); one game
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
supple; flexible; elastic; graceful; elegant; refined
Felidae (family comprising the cats)
to dodge; to evade; to avoid; to sidestep
virtually empty; quite empty; inadequately defended; defenseless; defenceless