phew; whew; huff; whoo; wohoo
floating; drifting; suspension; (arch.) wandering (about)
foul play (sport); breaking the rules; infringement; irregularity
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
to set free; to let go; to release; to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to let get away
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation
in one go; in one gulp; in one breath; immediately; instantly; right away
muffler; scarf; comforter; muffler (for a vehicle exhaust); silencer
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
at full speed; as fast as one's legs can carry one
to jump out; to rush out; to appear (suddenly); to protrude; to project; to butt in
stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
pupil; student; schoolchild
happiness; blessedness; luck; luckily; fortunately
sky; the air; weather; far-off place; distant place; state of mind; feeling
sparse; thin; scattered; straggling; sporadic
falling lightly (e.g. snow, petals, confetti); fluttering; flickering; twinkling; appearing and disappearing; catching glimpses
powder snow; powdery snow
to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)
slightly; lightly; thinly; faintly; dimly
to pile up; to accumulate; to estimate
to take a breath; to take a short rest
to freeze (of one's body); to be frozen; to become numb (with cold); to be chilled
barren; sterile; infertile; unproductive (e.g. discussion); fruitless
to chase; to run after; to pursue
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
to catch; to capture; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); towards (someone); at (someone)
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
to dance (orig. a hopping dance)
Herculean task; next-to-impossible undertaking
(how) many times; (how) often
escape; flight; breakout; fleeing; desertion
because of; owing to; due to
considerably; greatly; a lot
he; she; this; this one; Hey, you!; You bastard!
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another