oh my god!; oh my gosh!; you got me!; wow!
quick on the uptake; quick to catch on; perceptive; intuitive
gap; space; break; interlude; chink (in one's armor, armour); chance
back; rear; background; behind the scenes
to creep; to steal up; to draw near unnoticed
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
sign of life; human presence; humanity; humaneness
one must constantly be on one's guard with ...; one cannot be too careful of ...
breaking up (e.g. meeting); dispersing (e.g. crowd); dissolving (company, organization, etc.); liquidating; dissolving (diet, parliament, etc.)
confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging
beyond this point; from now on; after this
to follow; to come along with one; to accompany
humour; humor; safety; health; in a good mood; in high spirits
to entwine; to follow about
dry riverbed; river beach
gravel; ballast; pebbles; child; rugrat; ankle-biter
little-known good place; good out-of-the-way place; well-kept secret place; hole-in-the-wall
turning around (once); suddenly; abruptly; completely (wrapped in something); quickly (unwrapping something); beautiful, round (eyes)
sunlight filtering through trees
insect; bug; worm; roundworm; one's emotions; one's feelings; nervousness
noisy; boisterous; turbulent (era, etc.); troubled
far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far
to speak; to hear a voice
to step firmly; to harden by treading
feel (i.e. tactile sensation); touch; feeling; sensation; texture (e.g. food, cloth)
golden; gold-colored; gold-coloured; honey-colour
naivete; simplicity; innocence
fondly; admiringly; with fascination; with adoration; with enchantment
standing on one leg; single leg stance
tally; check; piece of wood or paper split in half and given to each party as a form of proof (e.g. of a transaction)
fighting back; returning fire; counter-attack; responding to an attack; accepting a challenge
chink in the armor (armour)
algae; waterweed; seaweed; duckweed
to glide; to slide (e.g. on skis); to fail (an examination); to bomb (when telling a joke); to drop; to go down
go on!; right!; here goes!
no sooner ... than ...; hardly ... when ...; as soon as
ashibarai; foot sweep; sweeping one's opponent's legs from under them (judo, etc.)
to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)
to pitch forward; to fall forward
assistance; help; aid; support; reinforcement
to (dramatically) fall over; to fall flat