a little bit; a little while
bad reputation; poor reception; unpopularity; disrepute
prefatory words; epigraph
to spill; to drop; to grumble (about); to complain (of); to let (one's feelings) show
calm, cool, and collected; level and calm
rivalry (between two equally strong sides); struggle for supremacy; competing (with); vying (with); contending (with); being an equal match (for)
established theory; accepted opinion; accepted explanation
having one's own way; giving free rein to one's desires; acting as one pleases
shall ...; to assume; to suppose
to facilitate; to make easy; to simplify
to rekindle one's love; to fall in love again (with a person one has previously been in love with)
heavy fog; dense fog; thick fog
big catch (fishing); good haul
prayer (for something); supplication
shout (of encouragement, etc.); yell (used to time or encourage activity, e.g. "Heave ho!")
to envision how things will turn out (usu. unfortunate); to have foresight; to be able to see the future
to slip out (of words, remarks, etc.); to pour from one's lips; to blurt out
to imitate; to copy; to mock; to trace; to forge
to hold aloft (e.g. a sword); to brandish
several hundred; hundreds (of)
to mow; to reap; to harvest; to eradicate; to root out (e.g. evil); to remove
end of life; death; breathing one's last
halving; splitting evenly; sharing equally
to draw (a thread); to let out (e.g. a rope); to head out as a group; to set out in large numbers; to send out one after another; to dispatch
dancing; dance; iteration mark (used to represent repetition of the previous character); Bon Festival dance; Lantern Festival dance; eating live seafood (e.g. squid, ice gobies) while it is still moving; soft spot (in the skull of an infant)
giving one's name; self-introduction; announcing one's name, rank, lineage, etc. (of a samurai on the battlefield); name given to male members of the nobility and samurai class upon coming of age; Japanese kanji reading used in names
full throttle; full power
large stage; grand stage; the big stage; grand setting
backward somersault; back handspring; backflip
cool or attractive expression (when posing for a photo)
flash (esp. of a camera); flashlight; very short scene in a film or TV show; newsflash
to be enchanted; to be charmed
slave (device); slave (person)
teaching assistant; TA; technology assessment; TA; terminal adapter; TA
spiderweb; spider web; spider's web; cobweb
to be settled; to be brought to an end