wave; billow; ups and downs; (something) advancing step by step; (something) surging forward inopposably; tendency
to weigh (one thing against another); to compare (the relative merits of two options); (lit.) to weigh (something) on scales; to try to have it both ways; to play a double game; to have two strings to one's bow
to be anxious (about); to be concerned (about); to think out (e.g. a plan); to work out; to investigate
to do one's best; to put forth every effort
to understand from experience
overhead; above one's head; high in the sky
incomprehensible; mysterious; inexplicable; inscrutable; enigmatic; baffling
to catch sight of; to see; to suppose; to assume from appearances
to break (into pieces); to be broken; to collapse; to crumble; to become less formal; to throw off reserve
loyalty to the Emperor (especially during the late Edo period movement to overthrow the shogunate)
kind; cordial; hospitable; serious (of an illness)
ambition; aspiration; sinister designs; treachery
hard to control; unmanageable
to take to; to let one's heart go out to
to lurk; to be hidden; to be concealed; to lie dormant; to be latent
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
to take refuge in; to succeed in running away
white flag; truce flag; surrender flag
to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (someone)
here and there; in twos and threes; sporadically; now and then; from time to time; occasionally
to order; to command; to appoint
to bring near; to bring close; to let go near; to associate with; to bring (people) together; to let come near (of a person)
small-sized; small-scale; miniature; small; little; tiny
rapidly; vigorously; by leaps and bounds; steadily
acceleration; speeding up
to slip into; to crawl into (under); to conceal oneself (under); to sneak into; to infiltrate
collision; crash; impact; clash; skirmish; conflict
to stick (into); to pierce; to enter at full speed; to hit (e.g. the catcher's mitt) at speed
occurrence; happening; incident; event
hellfire; flames of hell; raging fire; large fire; fire that consumes an evildoer
to take pride in; to pride oneself; to be proud of
to rush into; to surge into; to crowd into
to slip through; to slip past; to evade
to do physical exercise; to be physically active; (lit.) to move one's body
to mow down; to cut down; to knock down; to defeat; to beat
to gather up into one's arms; to lift; to carry
absentmindedness; preoccupation; setting one's mind at ease; ceasing to worry; (arch.) loss of one's moral sense; (arch.) straying from virtue
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
innocent; chaste; naive; pure; unmixed; genuine
retreat; falling back; recession; waning; backspace (key)