cheerful; lively; lighthearted
to be seized with fear; to be intimidated; to lose one's nerve; to be frightened; to get cold feet; to chicken out
stepping back; drawing back
to avert one's eyes; to avoid looking straight at something; to cover one's eyes
to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to blackmail; to extort; to shake down
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since
sky; the skies; high-altitude sky; upper air
to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)
fall; drop; descent; coming down
to sink (into); to cave in; to get stuck in
all around; as far as the eye can see
left hand; left-hand side; left-hand direction; (on) the left
to twist; to wrench; to puzzle over; to defeat easily
fingertip; finger; toe tip; toe
to graze (e.g. bullet); to scratch; to touch lightly; to take a percentage; to exploit; to squeeze
fall; crash (e.g. aircraft)
estimate; guess; direction; bearings; registration mark (printing); approximately
difference; distinction; discrepancy; mistake; error
to make someone realize (e.g. their mistake); to bring (something) home to someone; to teach someone a lesson
image; figure; figure; form; image
to change one's way of thinking; to switch the direction of one's thoughts; to put one's focus on a new subject; to adopt a new frame of mind
site; point on a map; spot
to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away
to squash; to crush; to flatten
to hit (e.g. one's head); to strike; to throw (e.g. a ball, a question, a demand); to express; to vent (e.g. one's anger)
to lose consciousness; to faint; to black out
just past noon; afternoon
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
pole; rod; line; dash; spoken monotonously
at regular intervals; evenly spaced
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
extempore; impromptu; improvised; ad-lib; off-the-cuff; instant
dangerous person; security risk; loose cannon
eccentric; crank; oddball
to wake up; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to become enlightened
quite a chore; not that easy; fairly difficult
trauma (usu. psychological)
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
to get torn; to tear; to rip; to be broken off (of negotiations, etc.); to break down; to collapse
dimension; perspective; point of reference; level (of something)
to swell; to expand; to inflate; to bulge