dynamic visual acuity; DVA; kinetic vision; ability to identify objects in motion
to laugh at; to ridicule; to mock; to make fun of; to sneer at
failed attempt (at a crime, suicide, etc.)
report; notification; tip; message (in information and communication theory)
board of directors; board of trustees
return of something; repayment
I; me; self-centered man; egotistical man; pompous man
to weather (a storm, rough seas); to ride across; to get through (adversity); to weather; to load completely (e.g. books on a shelf, people or luggage in a car)
secret technique; secret art
gale; strong wind; swift wind; fresh breeze (Beaufort scale)
hypothesis; supposition; assumption
to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.); to slice (off); to lop (off); to cut (off)
to negotiate; to settle a matter; to arrange
to rake over the coals; to scold; to chastise; to burn moxa on the skin
to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake
to do what one is told to; to take someone's advice; to listen to what someone says
main performer; star performer; headliner; rakugo storyteller of the highest rank
I am sorry (to hear, to say, etc.); a pity
blunder; bungle; clumsiness
peep; chirp; poor; hard up; the runs; diarrhea
easily mixed up (e.g. similar words); easily mistaken; confusingly similar; misleading; equivocal; ambiguous
to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or somebody else
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
high and low; rise and fall
level ground; plain; flatland
simultaneously; all at once; in unison
to jump up; to start up; to leap to one's feet; to fly away; to take off
sleepy; drowsy; somnolent
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
to exert oneself greatly; to take pains
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to fail to ...; to miss one's opportunity to ...
recall (esp. of an envoy or an ambassador); calling someone back; summons (home)
to finish writing; to complete; to write down (e.g. a list); to write out
to wrap up; to pack; to cover; to envelop; to conceal (a feeling); to hide
cloth; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)
authority; expert; counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.; understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; supernatural powers
to urge; to encourage; to press; to stimulate (e.g. growth); to hasten (e.g. development); to quicken
as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")
bowfin (Amia calva); mudfish