to be about to get on (a train, bus, etc.); to be about to board; to start (doing); to begin; to get on top of; to lean over
greens; vegetables; rape (Brassica napus); rapeseed
hound; hunting dog; gun dog
younger people; future generations
exercise; physical training; appeal; campaign; motion; movement
urine; piss; pee; breaking a contract
whip; lash; stick; cane; encouragement; rebuke
with repeated sharp blows; whack after whack; strictly; harshly; vigorously; singlemindedly
to strike; to hit; to attack; to bash; to sound out (someone's views); to pound (meat or fish); to chop into small pieces
objection; refutation; rebuttal; counterargument
running as fast as one can
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
leap; jump; stepping out into the wider world; becoming active on a wider stage; rapid progress; dramatic development
yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer
retort; back talk; backchat
bottom; sole; depths (e.g. of despair, the sea); bottom (of one's heart); limit; end
to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake
in person; personally; directly
horizon (related to land)
to whiten; to grow light (esp. at dawn); to cool (of a mood); to be dampened (of enthusiasm); (arch.) to decline; (arch.) to weaken; (arch.) to lose its tone (of a musical instrument)
to flap (wings); to spread one's wings; to go out into the world
Hades; hell; underworld; underground spring
guidance; showing the way; guide; guidepost; signpost; waymark
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
soft; tender; soft (colour, light, etc.); subdued; informal; light
to close one's eyes; to lower one's eyelids; to shut one's eyes; to die; to breathe one's last
even so; however; still; whereupon; even though; nevertheless
passing on to the next life; death; giving up a struggle; submission; being at one's wits' end; being flummoxed
to disturb; to prevent; to obstruct; to hinder
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
field of flowers; flower garden; field of alpine flowers; fantasy; delusion
to go away; to become more distant; to fade away; to be estranged
the point just before ...; the point of (doing); the verge (of); (just before the) edge
rabbit; hare; coney; cony; lagomorph (esp. leporids)
eta; group comprising the lowest rank of Japan's Edo-period caste system and whose work usually involved handling human bodies or animal carcasses