to knock down; to shoot down; to lop off
to erase; to rub out; to turn off (a light, TV, heater, etc.); to switch off; to extinguish (a fire, candle, etc.); to put out; to remove (a smell, pain, etc.)
manners; behavior; behaviour
uncertain; doubtful; unreliable; unsteady; unclear; vague
to stir; to churn; to rummage around; to throw into confusion; to throw into chaos
just managing; with great difficulty
heated wire; infrared rays; heat rays
strong wind; high wind; moderate gale
still more; to say nothing of; not to mention; still less
tailspin; spin; drilling; boring
(air) turbulence; turbulent air
it says ...; it reads ...; ... is written
lack of policy; having no measures; lacking means
foot of a mountain; base of a mountain
bodily sensation; feeling in the body; physical feeling; coenesthesia; cenesthesia; coenesthesis
to creep about; to crawl around
crane fly; daddy longlegs (insect of family Tipulidae); a tall, gangly person; string bean
reckless; (at) random; haphazard; blind; sudden; abrupt
to dispel; to clear away; to accomplish a goal; (arch.) to make it sunny; (arch.) to make clouds disappear
near oneself; close to one; familiar
gifted education; special education for gifted children
to swallow; to gulp down; to understand; to grasp; to engulf; to swallow up
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
special effects; SFX; tokusatsu; genre of live-action film or television that makes heavy use of practical special effects
rather than; more ... than ...
lapse of memory; (something) slipping one's mind; forgetting for a moment something one knows well
repulse; repelling (e.g. the enemy); driving back
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
if that is the case; if it becomes so; when it becomes so
spirit; determination; pluck; mettle
to shake; to tremble; to sway; to be unsettled; to be unstable; to fluctuate
unsteadily (walking); waddling; staggeringly; totteringly
to leave (in someone's keeping); to put (in someone's care); to put (someone) in charge of; to leave (a matter) in someone's hands; to lean on; to put one's weight on
flawless; absolute perfection
overdependence (on others; usu. one's fosterers or seniors); lack of self-reliance; presumed acceptance (of one's behaviour); presumed benevolence; attention-seeking (behavior)
to behave like a spoiled child; to fawn on; to take advantage of; to presume upon (e.g. another's benevolence); to depend on
irrational (line of) argument