giant; great man; Tokyo Giants (baseball team)
column; beam; girder; digit; decade; order of magnitude
ratio; proportion; match; equal; explicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing); Philippines
lightly; easily; carelessly
to be lifted; to be raised; to happen suddenly; to occur; to be homeroom teacher for the same class multiple years in a row; to move up with one's class
sky; the skies; high-altitude sky; upper air
retreat; falling back; recession; waning; backspace (key)
sliding feet; shuffling (one's feet); moving legs forward with feet never leaving the ground (exercise)
stepwise; one step at a time
advance; moving forward; progress
suddenly and forcefully (e.g. jerk, poke, shove); in a single gulp; in one go
to peel off and fall; to flake away
crossing swords; competing against; contending with; fighting against
leading part; leading actor; leading actress
to picture; to come into one's mind; to remember
to return a blow repeat; to turn back; to rewhip; to plow up; to plough up; to come and retreat
scale; scope; plan; structure
suicide bombing (e.g. crashing one's plane into a target); self-destruction; blowing oneself up
to chip; to nick; to break; to lack
finally; in the end; on top of all that
slowly (but steadily); gradually; irritatedly; impatiently; scorchingly (of the sun); sizzling (i.e. sound of frying in oil); sound of a warning bell, alarm clock, etc.
running parallel (to); running side-by-side; keeping pace (with)
one person; another name; nickname; alias
reinforcement (e.g. of troops)
example; simile; metaphor; allegory
to wake; to wake up; to become sober; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to be disillusioned
saliva held in one's mouth during times of tension
to make sure of; to ascertain; to confirm; to grasp
stance with legs in an L-shape, with one leg bent in front and other extended behind (martial arts, traditional theater)
half-way up a slope or stairway; landing; center of three (horizontal) columns (of print) (centre)
holding a sword above one's head (kendo posture); haughty attitude; overbearing manner
to strike someone a blow; to bring down (a stick on someone's head)
reason; logic; sense; truth; right
to think deep down (that); to tell oneself (that); to secretly believe (that)
natural (e.g. talent); innate; inborn; inherent
to raise (to maturity); to bring up; to rear; to train; to educate
turning around (once); suddenly; abruptly; completely (wrapped in something); quickly (unwrapping something); beautiful, round (eyes)