the very best; excellent; superb
continuing from beginning to end; continuous run; appetizer; starter; performance of an entire play
rustling (as of silk); slithering (sound); whizzing; hissing
perfect; complete; thorough; leaving nothing to be desired; more than satisfactory
to make good; to improve; to do often; to be kind to; to treat well
to suck up to; to curry up to someone
to sleep like a log; to sleep deeply
hospitality; reception; treatment; (light) refreshment; entertaining with food and drink; treat
to stick out too much; to protrude too far; to be too strong (e.g. of tea); to be too forward; to be too assertive; to be pushy
nodding off (while sitting); dozing
to take shape; to look good enough to be shown publicly
destination; whereabouts; future; prospects
isolation; separation; remoteness; seclusion; reclusion; inaccessibility
to beg; to ask; to request; to invite
flying bird; soaring bird
along; parallel to; in accordance with
one round; one circuit; one revolution; one lap; one turn
semicircle; hemicycle; half globe; to go halfway round (e.g. the earth)
twelve o'clock; noon; midnight
taking; taker; last performer of the day (usu. the star performer); last performance of the day; active partner (e.g. in judo demonstration); emphatic or formal prefix
feather; plume; wing; blade (of a fan, propeller, etc.); shuttlecock (in badminton); shuttlecock (in hanetsuki); arrow feathers
to carry off; to run away with; to sweep away; to take entirely for oneself; to monopolize
fascination; bewitchment; entrancement; dazzlement
hiding place; hideout; refuge; retreat; hideaway
jaws of death; dangerous place; (lit.) tiger's den
to grovel; to go down on one's hands and knees
low-altitude flying; having consistently poor results (grades, sales, etc.); barely scraping by; being on the verge of failing
beyond expectations; beyond what one expected; not foreseen; exceeding assumptions
gazing at (in wonderment)
tunnel; to tunnel (through a potential barrier); letting a grounder go through one's legs
wave (on water); wave (electromagnetic, sound, etc.); wave (in hair); wave (audience); Mexican wave
to appear ...; to look like ...; to seem ...; to have a trace of; to be tinged with
ideal; perfect; most suitable; just right
pointed knife; logging; cutting; (beef) scraps; starting to speak; extraction (of a portion of a media file)
after all is said and done; no matter what people say; in the end; definitely; undeniably
to become clear (water, air, etc.); to become transparent; to resonate clearly (e.g. voice); to become serene; to become tranquil; to pronounce as an unvoiced sound