good luck; fortune; happiness; harvest; yield
optimism; taking an optimistic view
to stake; to risk; to bet; to wager
foresight; foreknowledge; divination
unconventional; eccentric; offbeat; aberrant; outlandish; crazy
to turn over; to change (one's mind); to reverse (one's decision); to fly (a flag); to let (a skirt, cape, etc.) flap in the wind
to outwit; to outmanoeuvre; to steal a march on; to get the jump on; to anticipate; to forestall
revenge; having a second go (at something)
to pledge allegiance; to swear an oath of allegiance; to take an oath of allegiance
presumptuous; impertinent; impudent; ridiculous; laughable; absurd
land of the gods; Japan; Heaven
to be pleased; to gloat; to glow with self-satisfaction
diminutive; dwarfish; pygmy; narrow (e.g. thinking); small
distortion (often used for caricature in manga, etc.); deformation
overflowing; effusive; exuberant; bountiful
paying one's own expenses; going into business for oneself; working independently; person who earns their own living
which can exist solely due to the presence of; whose existence is determined entirely by; which owes everything to
storm and stress; Sturm und Drang
to praise highly; to sing the praises of; to applaud; to acclaim; to admire
that is (to say); namely; precisely; exactly; if one does ..., then; in that case
big-shot; influential person; happy face; smiling face; sympathetic attitude; getting along with
available; enabled; can be used; may be used
disadvantageous; long (odds)
to boil with rage; to be infuriated
vain person; ostentatious person; show-off
to be in the firing line; to bear the brunt of (an attack, criticism, etc.); to face (e.g. questioning)
gofer; dogsbody; person who is made to do things or get things for someone else
to eat untidily; to eat messily; to eat a bit of everything; to leave things half-eaten; to dabble in (something); to try one's hand at (various things)
silkworm moth; silk moth (Bombyx mori)
transfiguration; transformation; change of appearance
bomb blast; blast (from an explosion); shock wave
steel frame; steel beam; steel girder
mushroom cloud (e.g. from a nuclear explosion)
overall height; distance from the ground to the highest point of an object