blind spot (e.g. of a driver); dead angle; dead ground; dead space
shivering (with cold); trembling (with fear); shuddering
to become weak; to decline; to wear; to abate; to decay; to wither
leg strength; walking ability; running ability
flying; leaping; zero; naught; flying fish (esp. the Japanese flying fish, Cypselurus agoo)
with gusto; with wild abandon; enthusiastically; energetically
ecdysis; shedding (of skin); sloughing; freeing oneself; breaking with (convention, etc.)
de- (indicating reversal, removal, etc.); post-
life-size; life-sized; true-to-life; faithful (depiction); realistic
to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)
mane (of a horse, lion, etc.)
cave; hollow; cavity; hollow
mid-January festival in northern Japan, with snow huts in which children play house; snow hut
to set aside; to keep in reserve; to hold on to
to spring; to jump up; to fly up; to skip
long horse (for vaulting)
face; surface; mask (esp. a noh or kyogen mask)
carriage; poise; bearing; demeanor; movement (of the body)
to fall on one's backside
to blow upon; to breathe on; to pick (a fight); to force (unreasonable terms); to exaggerate; to overcharge
grinding; polishing; refining (skill, knowledge, etc.); striving to master something
to discharge (e.g. effluent)
to be seen from the point of view of an onlooker
impression given by a painting or image
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
planning; devising (a plan); drafting; drawing up
colorless and transparent
partition; division; settlement of accounts; preliminary warm-up ritual; toeing the mark; directing
utmost limits; extremity; limit
to sharpen; to grind; to whet; to hone; to make keen
cheap structure (e.g. of houses)
cheap; rubbishy; shoddy; roughly made