as expected; as predicted
whirlpool; swirl; eddy; vortex; maelstrom
to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; pile of 3 cards of the same value in oicho-kabu
to slip through; to slip past; to evade
tunnel; to tunnel (through a potential barrier); letting a grounder go through one's legs
to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)
to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged
without losing time (e.g. to do); without even time for (doing something)
closing in on (the enemy, first place, etc.); coming close to; pressing hard; pressing hard (e.g. with a question); taking to task; grilling
day after tomorrow; wrong (e.g. direction)
posture; position; stance
to exploit a gap (in attention, security, etc.); to catch off guard
tips of one's hair; hair ends
assassin's dagger; assassin's blade; deadly weapon
to blow out; to spout out
to collapse; to flop (onto)
all directions; every direction; all sides; all quarters; everywhere
to be imminent; to loom; to be approaching; to be impending
flying; leaping; zero; naught; flying fish (esp. the Japanese flying fish, Cypselurus agoo); running out of points (zero or fewer)
close call; narrow escape; hair's breadth; narrowly; just in time; by a hair's breadth
acrobatics; acrobatic performance; stunt
borderline between life and death; verge of death; deadline (boundary around a prison which prisoners were not allowed to cross)
to take a breath; to take a short rest
feelings; thoughts; meaning
to use as an intermediary; to mediate; to assist; to worry; to mind; to care
centimeter; centimetre; centi-; 10^-2; sentimental
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext; excuse; grounds (for)
inevitable; inescapable; unavoidable
mass; quality and quantity
to soften; to moderate; to relieve
stubbornness; obstinacy; disposition; nature; appetite; desire
to be packed (with); to be filled; to be blocked (of a pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to be become shorter; to shrink; to be at a loss (for)
long distance; long range; long distance relationship
without; but if; otherwise; or else
to be oversized (overloud, etc.)
comma; decimal point; radix point
life and death; life or death; samsara (cycle of death and rebirth); death