to float in the air; to be unfinished; to be unsettled; to be undecided
easily; readily; with ease; without trouble
pillar of fire; blazing column
to well up; to burst; to arise
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
to bake; to plate; to print; to burn into one's memory; to sear into one's consciousness
to pop off; to pop out; to fly off; to shoot off; to burst open
to become coarse (e.g. of a texture); to turn rough; to turn gritty; to become sandy
to take; to carry (something) away; to bear
courage; bravery; valour; valor; nerve; boldness
land mine; topic that sets someone off; sensitive topic; something that seems fine at first but turns out to be very bad (e.g. product, business); booby trap
wisdom; wit; sagacity; prajna (insight leading to enlightenment)
impossible; unlikely; improbable
field of activities; area of activity; range of behavior (behaviour); habitat
to hold one's tongue; to shut up
whole army; whole team; all armies; all teams
route; course; path; one's future course (e.g. after graduating high school)
to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn
retreat; falling back; recession; waning; backspace (key)
defense; defence; safeguard; protection
(arch.) sitting outdoors; room that served both as a reception room and as a living room in a Heian-period mansion; temporary sitting place installed in the garden at the imperial court, used on the occasion of archery or sumo ceremonies
funny; amusing; strange; odd; improper; unsuitable
eardrum; tympanic membrane
dispatch; despatch; transmission; informing (e.g. of opinion); sharing (thoughts, etc.); telling
to be prepared to flee; to become restless; to become agitated
to step on a landmine; to really step in it; to screw up; to open up a can of worms
naked eye; the physical eye
innumerable; countless; numberless
sunlight filtering through trees
to reject; to repulse; to repel; to bounce back; to counterattack; to strike back
assumption (of office); taking up (a post); inauguration; installation
half; semi-; half-past; odd number; (arch.) unit of land area (595.8 m^2)
strategist; tactician; schemer
imitation; copy; make-believe; doing something in a way that only superficially resembles the real thing
to play a trick on; to cheat; to deceive; to dupe
global scale; worldwide scale
attack on both sides; pincer movement; double envelopment