idle complaint; grumble; moha (ignorance, folly)
protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation
square measure; size (e.g. of land); area; surface
one by one; one after another; successively
precision instrument or machine
(direct) hit; hitting the mark
going straight on; going straight ahead
direction of movement (motion); direction of travel (esp. train)
gale; violent (strong) wind
needle-point holder (in ikebana); frog
quite capable of ...; could happen; not unlikely to
decoy (for hunting); stool; lure; decoy; stool pigeon
messy; confused; chaotic; complaining about various things
sudden drop; sharp fall; nosedive; swoop
exhaustion; consumption; using up; dissipation; waste
wholeheartedly; with heart and soul; intently; with undivided attention; with intense concentration; single-mindedly
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
exchange (e.g. cultural); interchange; interaction; alternating current; AC
to shun; to avoid; to ostracize; to neglect; to distance oneself from; to give the hard shoulder
to soar; to fly; to run; to dash
tofu; bean curd; beancurd
detour; circumvention; turning movement
to jump from one thing to another
with a momentary flash of light
to pass (by) each other; to brush past; to miss (meeting) each other; to fail to meet; to be at odds; to clash
to jump upon (a moving object)
secret; clandestine; covert; spy (for a daimyo, shogun, etc.); secret agent
upper part; upper stream; upper course of a river; right side of the stage (audience's or camera's POV); stage left (actor's POV); skillful (in comparisons)
to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of
base (of a plant, tree, pillar, etc.); (part near the) root; roots (of one's hair); root (e.g. of a problem); source
to flap (wings); to spread one's wings; to go out into the world
to break; to be broken; to be folded; to give in; to back down; to turn (a corner)
to jump down; to jump off; to jump from; to jump out of
aah!; ooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
all you have to do is; just; that's all
none other than; ... himself; ... herself
expansion and contraction; elasticity; flexibility
divergence; ramification; bifurcation; branching off
accelerated; accelerating; gathering speed
one more; another; the other; not quite; not very good