precocious; precocious child
100 percent; completely; fully
death rate; mortality rate
swift attack; quick attack; fast break; right away; without delay; immediately
indicates concession or compromise; indicates permission
art of war; strategy; tactics
as fast as the wind, as quiet as the forest, as daring as fire, and immovable as the mountain
viewing through a window; passing through a window; going through a window; doing through a window
PTSD; post-traumatic stress disorder
being unhuman; being removed from humanity; being unworldly
outside a car (train, bus, etc.)
backhand blow; backhand chop; backfist (karate)
strong; potent; strong; brawny; good (at); skilled; being able to handle
rear left; back left; left and behind
Atai (post-Taika reform hereditary title often given to regional administrators)
living flesh; flesh and blood; living (human); raw (flesh, esp. fish)
to screw in; to thrust into; to push into; to protest (and seek rectification); to complain
male carer (at a nursery school, children's home, etc.); childcare worker
bed; bedding; sickbed; alcove; riverbed; seedbed; straw "core" of a tatami mat
high dimension; higher dimensions
to be mixed; to be blended with; to be combined; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest
to be fragrant; to give out a smell; to be enveloped in a smell; to be radiant; to be attractive
great speed; extreme speed; swiftness
stone wall; dry wall; rocky cliff; stone precipice
(you) couldn't kill (him) if you tried
adventure story; novel of adventure
nothing special; no big deal; doesn't matter
construction; architecture (of buildings)
crisply; with a crunch; refreshingly; sharply; candidly; frankly
waking up early; getting up early; early rising
one after another; one after the other; in rotation; exchanging one after the other; changing repeatedly
sulky look (often with puffed cheeks); sullen look; pout; glower
small stream; brooklet; murmuring (as of a stream)
party (political); person who is fond of; fan of
landing on water; hitting the water; splashdown
hyah!; hah!; there!; ugh!; argh!; damn it!
water plant; aquatic plant; waterweed; hydrophyte