totally willing; fully motivated
camera shake; picture blur; deviation; slight shifting
sidelong glance; short grain (paper)
lowering; sinking; depreciation; price fall; punch line (of a rakugo story); (arch.) sword strap
lately; recently; nowadays
major earthquake; large earthquake
creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring
dark; gloomy; overcast; heavy; leaden; dull
ominous; sinister; unlucky; inauspicious
end of a century (esp. 19th); fin-de-siècle
loving couple; couple of lovebirds; happily married couple (who are always together)
to thrust down; to push off
landing; going ashore; disembarkation; making landfall (of a typhoon); striking land; hitting land
at the critical moment; when the time comes; when it's most important; when necessary; in an emergency; when push comes to shove
rope; cord; line; grand champion's braided belt
contacting; getting in touch; communication; call; message
clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)
head; lead; vanguard; first
to droop (e.g. ears of grain); to bow one's head; to hang one's head
impressions; thoughts; feelings; reactions
aim; object; expectations; prospects; something that can be relied upon; snack served with alcoholic drink; pad
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
swallow (bird of the Hirundinidae family); martin; barn swallow (Hirundo rustica); younger man involved with an older woman; boy toy
nest; rookery; den; haunt; (spider's) web
below sea level; undersea; beneath the waves
shaking; shake; unsettledness; instability; existence of multiple spellings, pronunciations, usages, etc. for a single word
(are you) alright?; (are you) OK?