wish; desire; hope; prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes
marriage ceremony; wedding
stinginess; miserliness; shabby; cheap; petty; narrow-minded
to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring
to whisper; to murmur; to rumor; to rumour
hanging banner; hanging screen; curtain
payment in advance; advance payment; payment on delivery (e.g. business-reply mail, collect phone calls); forerunner
happy event; cause for celebration; congratulations
rapid development; rapid unfolding
spine; line of the backbone; seam down the back (of clothing)
careful consideration; deliberation; thinking over carefully
fireball; ball of fire; will-o'-the-wisp; jack-o'-lantern
floating; drifting; suspension; (arch.) wandering (about)
to accompany; to go hand in hand with; to be consequent upon; to be accompanied by; to bring with; to take with
bomb blast; blast (from an explosion); shock wave
to arise; to break out; to well up; to burst
centre of explosion; center of explosion; hypocentre; hypocenter; ground zero
young noblewoman; princess
faint; fainting; losing consciousness
surgical method; operative method; surgical technique; technique; mechanism of a jutsu
ignition; detonation; triggering; explosion
artificial; man-made; imitation; synthetic
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
piece of meat; cut of meat
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
black curtain; wirepuller; mastermind; backroom manipulator
race (of people); type of person
strange; wonderful; weird; outrageous; mysterious
to reach an extreme; to reach a limit; extremely; to be stuck; to be in a dilemma; to be decided
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
briskly; quickly; promptly
battle formation; military formation
bathing (of an infant); ablution; (arch.) receiving a blessing
several minutes; a few minutes
busy; hectic; hurried; rapid; quick; sudden
(sound of) footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching
noisily (esp. the noise of heavy feet)
that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you
dagger; stiletto; confidant; right-hand man
dark side (of nature, town, etc.)