movements; manner; behaviour; farewell dinner (given by someone about to leave on a trip)
to tuck one's tail between one's legs; to admit defeat; to turn tail (and run)
to laugh away; to laugh off
back; backing; going backwards; background; backdrop; backhand; backer
equal (in ability); even; evenly matched; well-matched; on par (with)
firing (esp. a rocket or missile); launching; shooting; ejaculation
to go round and cut in; to take a roundabout path
premature; untimely (e.g. death); early
top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes
rolling over; turning over; turning around (the other way); reversal (of direction, course, etc.); producing a positive from a negative (photography); producing a negative from a positive
optical illusion; hallucination; misapprehension; delusion
to jump (out of the way); to jump back; to jump aside
to heal; to cure; to satisfy (e.g. hunger, thirst); to alleviate (e.g. sorrow, fatigue)
immediately; right away; on the spot
rough; crude; sloppy; miscellaneous
to break (into pieces); to be broken; to collapse; to crumble; to become less formal; to throw off reserve
gap; lag; difference; discrepancy; shear (e.g. shear stress)
to sense; to suspect; to get an inkling (of something); to get wind of; to smell (e.g. danger); to become aware of (e.g. a plot)
consideration; concern; fear; worry; solicitude
to accustom; to train (e.g. one's ear); to tame; to domesticate; to train (an animal)
trump card; ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon
big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)
ennui; languishing; feeling of exhaustion; lassitude; lethargy
wrong; bad; not allowed; not possible; failing grade
interference; intervention; meddling
practitioner (of medicine, sorcery, fortune telling, etc.)
excelling; surpassing; outdoing
heat; hot air; enthusiasm; excitement; fever
very fast; in a twinkle; before one's eyes
to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to call for; to summon
opposition; rivalry; competition; antagonism
to exceed (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to surpass; to be more than; to be better than
willpower; energy; vitality
in deep black; in jet black
to jump from one thing to another
lingering scent; lingering fragrance; residual aroma
source (of a transmission, broadcast, etc.); point of origin
thick fog (of suspicion); black veil of secrecy; covered-up crime, unethical act, etc.