to flap (wings); to spread one's wings; to go out into the world
to swoop down upon; to fly down; to alight
to look upwards; to look up
metre; meter; meter; gauge
tail (animal, kite, comet, etc.); tail end; slope at the foot of a mountain
scale (of fish, snake, etc.); serif (on kana or kanji (e.g. in Mincho font))
dull (e.g. a knife); blunt; thickheaded; obtuse; dull (sound, color, etc.); dim (light)
to shed light; to cast light
to astonish; to astound; to stupefy; to flabbergast; to strike a person dumb; to dumbfound
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
carefree; optimistic; careless; reckless; heedless; happy-go-lucky
to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out
behind; in the rear; in back
to freeze (from fear); to be unable to (too frightened to) run
breath; breathing; bless; bracelet
to blow against; to spray (paint, etc.) (onto a surface)
to exceed the budget; to overrun the budget; to have a deficit; to have a secret revealed
to kick; to refuse; to reject; to stamp (on the ground); to firmly press one's feet (against something)
to spring at; to leap upon; to swoop down on; to throw oneself upon (e.g. an enemy)
stone; jewel; precious stone; flint (in a lighter); stone (in go); stone (in the bladder, kidney etc.); calculus
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty
war; battle; campaign; (arch.) troops; (arch.) forces
petrifaction; petrification; mineralization; mineralisation; lithification; fossilization
the way there; outbound leg; bound for ...; outbound ticket
to break into fragments; to go to pieces
not the time for; not the place for; far from; anything but; ... is out of the question; ... isn't the word for it
war; battle; match; game; competition
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
to hold; to carry; to embrace (in one's arms)
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)
dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable