half and half; fifty-fifty
short-distance race; sprint
recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement
good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result); good luck; auspiciousness; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)
to sting one's eyes; to make one's eyes smart
crucial; key; most important; main (point)
measurement error; calculation error
it's best to; it's safest to; there's nothing better than
bias; eccentricity; obstinacy
to be of no concern to one; to be nothing to do with one
this (very thing); this precisely
to shrink; to contract; to diminish (in size)
to make a slip of the tongue; to let something slip
to take advantage (e.g. of a weak situation); to size up (e.g. customer when setting a high price)
aviation; flight; flying; to fly; to take a flight
revelation; manifestation; appearance; expression (e.g. in molecular biology; protein expression or gene expression)
to continue (going along some trend)
to hold a child in one's arms; to embrace a child; to provide for a child (children)
hollow; low ground; basin; pit; dip; depression
bodily; with all one's weight; with one's whole body
to trample; to crush underfoot
at one's feet; underfoot; gait; pace; most recent; current
level ground; plain; flatland
to enliven (e.g. a conversation); to animate; to engage in enthusiastically; to become successful and well known
to take the blame; (lit.) to cover oneself in mud
to worry; to fret; to get anxious
loitering on the way; wayside grass
to become pale; to turn pale
reinforcement; strengthening
gasping; puffing; wheezing; asthma
freely; frankly; without reserve
inexperienced; immature; green; grassy-smelling; smelling of raw vegetation
stigma; dishonour; dishonor; infamy
refined; elegant; graceful; classic
indirect kiss (e.g. drinking from a cup someone has just used)