to fly about; to flutter about; to flit about; to fly past each other
to make an incessant onslaught; to attack incessantly
proper; respectable; decent; honest
all pain, no gain; doing no good and a lot of harm; having no redeeming features; being a complete disadvantage; (lit.) a hundred harms and not a single gain
hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no
sidelong glance; short grain (paper); kanji "net" radical at top
putting one's life on the line; staking one's life (on); risking one's life; life and death situation
to break (into pieces); to be broken; to collapse; to crumble; to become less formal; to throw off reserve
sandstorm; noise (video); snow
to arise; to break out; to well up; to burst
aaah!; oooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
scene; spectacle; sight; view
dumbfounded; speechless; flabbergasted; struck dumb with astonishment
to gape; to open one's mouth wide
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
general; popular; common; typical
to begin to strike; to kick out; to forcefully expel; to hammer (pattern, etc.) into metal
observance (of laws, rules, etc.); adherence; obeying; following; abiding by; compliance
moment to quit; way to quit
to discern (e.g. right from wrong); to discriminate; to distinguish; to know (manners, one's place, etc.); to understand; to bear in mind
proverb; saying; aphorism; maxim
to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to be out of alignment; to get dislodged; to deviate
to use (something) as a selling point
safety zone; buffer (e.g. against defeat)
(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount
courage; bravery; pluck; nerve; grit; guts
very rare; very unlikely (to happen); scarcely; seldom; improbable; almost never (occurring)
master; teacher; stable master
to teach thoroughly; to instill (into); to instil; to inculcate; to drum (into); to drill (into)
to take down; to bring down; to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time; to wear for the first time
dripping with sweat; bathed in perspiration
will; volition; intention; intent; determination
with a smooch (kissing); with a light smacking sound
interruption; discontinuance; suspension; cancellation (of a planned event); calling off
to look downwards; to lower one's eyes
to throw (strongly, violently, etc.)
smooth (of a surface); glassy; smooth (of an action, proceedings, etc.); fluent (speech); continuously differentiable
to (enter and) sit down; to plop oneself down; to plant oneself down; to sit down (and refuse to move); to sit in (in protest)
surrender; submission; capitulation; being defeated (e.g. by a problem); giving up; giving in
rattling; clattering; trembling; shivering; whining; grumbling
to raise one's face; to lift one's head; to raise one's eyes
declaration; proclamation; announcement