not at all tense; relaxed; calm
at one's feet; underfoot; gait; pace; most recent; current
to feel giddy; to totter; to be unfixed (emotions, beliefs, etc.); to waver; to wander aimlessly; to loiter
for the first time in one's life
to sit (down); to have a seat; to be seated; to assume (a position); to take on (a duty); to occupy (a post)
face; surface; mask (esp. a noh or kyogen mask)
to have a talk; to tell a story
to work without sleep or rest
(laughing) foolishly; (smiling) thoughtlessly; indiscreetly (talking); carelessly (speaking); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
how (beautiful, tasty, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name
festival; feast; carnival; matsuri
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
quietly; softly; seriously; solemnly; sadly
riding; ride; spread (of paints); -seater (e.g. two-seater); (getting into the) mood; (entering into the) spirit
to say enough (as much as required); to say plenty; to say well; to say cleverly; to say often; to say frequently
to hold still; to hold in place; to calm down; to become steady (e.g. of nerves); to become fixed (e.g. of a gaze); to become glazed
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
omen; portent; sign; presage; harbinger; premonition
reading in a monotone; stiff delivery; wooden delivery; reading a Chinese classical text without translating it into Japanese
immediately; instantly; with nary a pause; without a moment's delay
diagonally upward; (going in a) completely unexpected direction (of a story, result, etc.)
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
battle; fight; fighting; engagement; contest
treasure hunting; treasure hunt; lucky dip; game involving finding hidden prizes from a sand box, barrel of leaves, etc.
wow!; oh!; yeah!; alright!; waah!; boohoo!
in a subdued voice; in undertones; in a whisper; in a mumble; in a murmur
ignoring; looking the other way; passing through; going through; leaving a passing ball for a teammate (in soccer); letting the ball go past
dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass
serious; not joking; straight; (arch.) cannot; (arch.) should not; (arch.) will not
per-capita division; division according to the number of people
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt; sentence-ending particle expressing a rhetorical question
to do something in readiness for; to get something (needful) done
competition; contest; rivalry; competition (between organisms or species)
sly; cunning; sneaky; crafty; unfair; dishonest
self first; striving to be first; scrambling for
to dart away; to dart off; to gallop away
shooting star; falling star; meteor; blaze (wide white stripe down the face of a horse)
actual existence; real existence; existing in real life
chase; pursuit; chase scene (in a movie); obsessive fan who follows a celebrity around; groupie; in (quick) succession