vigilance; caution; alertness; precaution; being on guard
(stand to) attention!; standing at attention
to turn one's head; to look over one's shoulder; to turn around; to think back (on); to reminisce; to look back (on)
princess; spoiled girl; hothouse flower; glue
fingertip; finger; toe tip; toe
moment; instant; just then; right at that moment; for a moment; for an instant
drawing board; drafting board
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
double doors (opening from the centre); double-opening from the centre (of doors, casement windows, etc.); filleting fish, chicken, etc. with a central cut and peeling back the flesh
exactly; precisely; just; just (like); as if; as though
appearance; emergence; advent; arrival; showing up; coming to existence
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
extent; scope; sphere; range; span
to be disconnected; to get out of place; to miss the mark; to get it wrong (e.g. guess, expectation); to be removed; to be excluded
close call; narrow escape; hair's breadth; narrowly; just in time; by a hair's breadth
development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape); extraction (of compressed data)
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
goldfish scooping; festival game in which participants try to catch goldfish in a shallow paper ladle
small stream; brooklet; murmuring (as of a stream)
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to underestimate; to make light of
to look into; to peep into; to peer into
to fall forward (of a person); to tumble forward
pouring out in large amounts; flowing out gushingly
absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic
consequence; outcome; result; blame; fault
standing firm; holding out
(dragging a large or heavy item) slowly; (falling) little by little; (slipping) gradually; on and on; while putting off; with a slurp
to pull into; to draw in; to bring in; to win over
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
femoral muscle; thigh muscle
trembling; shivering; jiggling; wobbling; bouncing
firmly; solidly; sturdily; strongly; toughly
handshake; reconciliation; joining hands; cooperation
to underrate; to belittle; to look down on; to despise
three times (as much); treble; triple; threefold
smooth (skin, stone, etc.); sleek; velvety; silky
to be pretentious; to put on airs; to try to appear smart; to act brave; to try to look cool
finally; at last; in the end; ultimately
to throw down; to throw out; to abandon; to resign; to give freely; to give generously
to touch; to feel; to get involved (with); to approach; to be harmful to; to hinder
to hug (someone) tight; to embrace; to give (someone) a tight hug; to cuddle
to haul in (e.g. rope, net, etc.); to pull in; to attract (e.g. stares)
what is to be done?; what should (I) do?; what (am I) to do?
to close one's eyes; to lower one's eyelids; to shut one's eyes; to die; to breathe one's last