hands and feet; limbs; person at one's beck and call; person at hand; reliable worker
departure; departing from ...; sent from ...; (a letter, etc.) dated ...; counter for engines (on an aircraft); counter for gunshots, bursts of gas, etc.
dated; date; date of effect (e.g. a rule change); fixed; external
opposition; rivalry; competition; antagonism
jumping sideways; flying sideways; running hurriedly (with one's body bent forward)
to kick; to refuse; to reject; to stamp (on the ground); to firmly press one's feet (against something)
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly
direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
frost columns; ice needles
to dodge; to evade; to avoid; to sidestep
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
to melt; to liquefy; to dissolve (in a liquid); to be soluble (in); to be used up (of money or time); to be wasted
grasping; gripping; handful; fistful; handle; grip; onigiri
through; throughout; through (the good offices of); by way of
to spread (of a rumour, news, etc.); to travel; to be handed down (from generation to generation); to be passed down; to be introduced (to a country, region, etc.); to be brought; to be conveyed (of a feeling, impression, etc.)
skin; hide; rind; peel; shell; sheath
it's no joke; gimme a break!
series; sequence; keiretsu (group); conglomeration of businesses linked by cross-shareholdings; affiliated; subsidiary
the other day; a few days ago
to learn by experience; to learn one's lesson; to learn the hard way; to be discouraged (by); to have enough (of); to be disgusted (with)
to slide; to glide; to slip; to skid; to be slippery; to fail (an examination); to lose (a position)
unsightly; ungraceful; clumsy; awkward; unpresentable; unshapely
to (dramatically) fall over; to fall flat
to stick (in); to stick out; to rise sharply; to stand (doing nothing)
undeserved good luck; luck of the devil; dumb luck; bad luck
to triumph; to be elated with success
gait; walk; stride; trace (e.g. of route taken by hunted criminal); track; trail
victory; triumph; win; conquest; success
to swell up; to bulge; to swell (of a budget, population, etc.); to increase significantly; to balloon
to sit down hard; to sink down to the floor
above ground; on the ground; earth's surface; this world; this earth
to rewrite; to overwrite; to renew; to transfer
solo exhibition; one-man exhibition; one-woman exhibition
to freeze; to become frozen; to freeze over
watermelon (Citrullus lanatus)
to hit hard; to punch hard; to give a hard blow; to wallop; to sock
as everyone knows; needless to say; obvious