successive; consecutive; back-to-back; one after another
to launch; to shoot up; (of waves) to dash; to wash up (ashore); to finish (e.g. a theater run, sumo tournament); to close
later on; subsequently; by and by; after a while
to pull (the puppet) strings; to direct things from behind the scenes; to stretch out (and keep going); to linger on
willow (any tree of genus Salix); weeping willow (Salix babylonica)
reaching; attaining; arrival
reverberation; swelling (of a hymn); lingering memory; aftertaste; suggestiveness (of a book, poem, etc.)
arrow with a whistle attached; whistling arrow used to signal the start of battle
freely; right and left; as one pleases
to fly about; to flutter about; to flit about; to fly past each other
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve
Chinese firebird; Chinese phoenix
gorgeous; brilliant; dazzling; ornate; gaudy; flowery
tire track; traces of a person or thing; path one has taken; locus
to be awesome; to be extreme; to be incredible
tinnitus; ringing in the ears
to move back; to draw back; to lessen; to subside; to resign; to retire
faithful; devoted; loyal; honest; true
coming and going; traffic; road; street; association; socializing
before I knew it; next thing you know; when I came to
sky; the skies; high-altitude sky; upper air
to gaze at; to fix one's eyes upon
freely; generously; liberally; ungrudgingly; unsparingly
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
blue; azure; green; green light (traffic); black (horse coat color); blue 5-point card; immature
pyrotechnician; pyrotechnist
royal fern (Osmunda japonica); flowering fern; osmund; fiddlehead fern
device; contrivance; trick; trap; (small) scale; half finished; commencement
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
memories; recollections; reminiscence
although at this late hour; now, although it is too late; afresh; anew; again
to bend backwards; to bend oneself back; to be taken aback
far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far
to turn over; to turn upside down; to knock over; to tip over; to overturn (e.g. a decision); to upset
emergency; extraordinary; unusual