proficient; skillful; enjoying; satisfaction; satiation
to swoop down upon; to fly down; to alight
paving (a road); surfacing (with asphalt, concrete, etc.); pavement
destination; whereabouts; future; prospects
figure of a person; figures of people; shadow of a person
purple; violet; Lithospermum erythrorhizon (species of gromwell); type of soy sauce
usually; ordinarily; always; continuous; 24-hour (operation, care, etc.); constant
sticking (in one place, position, etc.); settling; becoming established (of a custom, system, etc.); taking hold; fixation (photography); fixing
innumerable; countless; numberless
to jump up; to start up; to leap to one's feet; to fly away; to take off
homeless person; vagabond; tramp
circuit track; circular course
tree sparrow (Passer montanus); talkative person; knowledgeable person
to flap (wings); to spread one's wings; to go out into the world
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
sunny spot; exposure to the sun
wing; Chinese "Wings" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); (arch.) counter for birds or bird wings
to be playful; to gambol; to be amused (with something); to flirt with
personality; style; appearance
dry and rough; desiccated; rustling
(jumping) nimbly; light-footed; boing; used at sentence end to affect cuteness
to jump from one thing to another
Japanese tit (Parus minor); Oriental tit
first 17-syllable verse of a renga; haiku; first five-syllable line of a tanka
to scatter; to sprinkle; to distribute (handbills, etc.); to spread (rumours, etc.); to give the slip; to throw off
wild; in disarray; harum-scarum; hysteric
food; foodstuff; eating; appetite; meal; portion
shell; husk; hull; pod; chaff
poverty; penury; need; shortage; lack; want
to gasp; to pant; to breathe hard; to suffer; to struggle
fragment; broken piece; chip; ounce (of truth, conscience, etc.); trace; shred
counter for birds, rabbits, etc.
in a hurry; hastily; in feverish haste
not quite (right); not very good; somewhat (lacking)
to laugh at; to ridicule; to mock; to make fun of; to sneer at
not only ... (but also); not just; as well as
rustling; flapping; unkempt (hair, etc.); loose; dry; decisively
full particulars; the whole story; from beginning to end
looking on; remaining a spectator
east and west; Orient and Occident; East and West; ladies and gentlemen!; your attention, please!