first generation; founder
Archaeopteryx; extinct genus of early birds
three generations; three periods; third generation
gaining time; stalling for time; time-buying
to have something on someone; to catch someone out; to trip someone up; (lit.) to grab by the tail
poor; low-grade; load; pack; packhorse
girl's feeling; maiden's mind
to remove; to move out of the way
fragile item; broken article
to lump together; to include; to sum up; to quibble
European magpie (Pica pica)
to run away (e.g. from work); to escape; to hide; to end a round with less than 20 points
incompletion; incomplete; unfinished
(a) stop (e.g. in a timber joint, or at the end of a kanji stroke); remaining (e.g. poste-restante)
transfer of a budget appropriation from one (government) section to another
to shuffle (on one's bottom or knees); to crawl; to shift position (of an object)
refined; genteel; graceful; decent
relatively quickly (esp. actions); quite suddenly (esp. wind, rain, etc.)
upper lip; philtrum; under one's nose; mouth
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
dynamic visual acuity; DVA; kinetic vision; ability to identify objects in motion
one theory (opinion); another theory (opinion)
sense of smell; olfaction
skipping rope; jump rope; skipping; rope-jumping
(jumping) nimbly; light-footed; boing; used at sentence end to affect cuteness
skillful; skilful; adroit; clever; shrewd; ingenious
falcon (esp. the peregrine falcon, Falco peregrinus)
with a click; with a snap; ornamental clip (hair, obi, etc.)
(with a) slap; smack; wham; sound of striking with something solid; zap; crack
unskilled; awkward; bad; clumsy; poor
triple; treble; threefold; three-ply; triplicate
flying; leaping; zero; naught; flying fish (esp. the Japanese flying fish, Cypselurus agoo)
jumping ability; jumping power
five-storied; quintuplicate; fivefold
bold move (in sumo, judo, etc.); daring move; powerful technique
performing arts; acrobatics
body; group; party; company; troupe
to become; to appear like; to have a touch of; to look like
sitting cross-legged (i.e. Indian style)