divine grace; divine favour; blessing; benefit; help
warding off disaster; protecting against misfortune
visit (to a shrine, grave, etc.); worship
grandfather; male senior-citizen
to look after; to take care of; to be put in charge of; to be given responsibility for; to withhold (an announcement); to reserve (judgment)
to hesitate; to think twice; to flinch; to get cold feet
three times; thrice; third (interval)
to challenge to (a fight, game, etc.); to throw down the gauntlet; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to attempt; to pressure (someone) for sex; to make advances to
running parallel (to); running side-by-side; keeping pace (with)
(many) trees; every tree; all kinds of trees
thinking nothing of ...; undaunted by ...; in defiance of ...; in spite of ...; in the face of ...; ignoring ...
ninja; person trained in ninjutsu and employed for covert purposes in feudal Japan
running; gliding; first (harvest) of the season; beginning; start; kitchen sink
damn; damn it; feces; excrement; damn; damned; very
to pass; to overtake; to leave behind; to pull out; to extract; to remove
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
to pass (a car); to overtake; to surpass; to outstrip; to outdistance
warning; caution; admonition; keikoku (penalty in judo)
to open out (of a view, scenery, etc.); to spread out; to improve (of luck, prospects, etc.); to get better; to develop (of a town, civilization, etc.); to become civilized; to be sensible
to be on a (completely) different level; to be on a different scale; to be in a different league; to be of a different order of magnitude; to stand no comparison
sense of distance (physical or emotional); feeling of distance
sudden braking; slamming on the brakes
to reduce (one's) speed; to slow down (driving, cycling, etc.)
fat; thick; deep (of a voice); thick; daring; shameless
tree trunk; bole; backbone; base; foundation
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
burdening; bearing; load (electrical, mechanical, etc.); stress; stress testing (of physical function or performance); provocative testing
ear (of a cereal plant); head; point (of a brush, spear, etc.); tip; crest (of a wave); scion (in grafting)
to thrust (something) into (something); to cram; to plunge into; to charge into; to delve into (a matter); to go into depth; to press (someone) about
to (finally) arrive at; to reach (at last); to (manage to) get to; to find one's way to
to hang one's head; to droop one's head
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
Buddhist priest; bonze; close-cropped hair; crew cut; boy; sonny
seeing (someone) off; send-off; deferment; postponement; letting a pitch go by; wait-and-see attitude