monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
someone working behind-the-scenes; scene shifter; lady consort (to a high personage)
information transfer; information transmission
cheating; deception; trickery; manipulation; juggling; falsifying
dilution; watering down; inflation (of budget, claim, etc.); padding
fraud; cheating; foul play; trickery; hoax; swindle
losing one's nerve; feeling awkward; feeling timid; feeling hesitant; feeling nervous; feeling diffident
nest; rookery; den; haunt; (spider's) web
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
declaration of war; proclamation of war
flying bird; soaring bird
quantity; amount; volume; number; amount of money
to be left in the dust (of); to be outdone (by); to be subordinate (to); to play second fiddle (to); to take second billing (to)
bad (feeling, impression, attitude); creepy; disgusting
in that way; like that; that way
while (one is at it); when; on the occasion of; at the same time (as); on one's way (to); by the way
with a plunge (of something sharp into something soft); with a thrust; with a stab; sullenly; sulkily; glumly
passionate; hot-blooded; full of vitality
vigor; vigour; ardor; ardour; high spirits
big leakage; uncontained leak
relaxation (e.g. of muscles); becoming flaccid
temporary; provisional; interim; special; extraordinary; extra
simple; simplified; easy; plain
to trample (down); to crush (by trampling); to ravage
cannibalism; anthropophagism
crown (of head); summit (of mountain); easy win for one; something received
root (of a plant); root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.); root (of all evil, etc.); source; one's true nature
to catch; to capture; to grab; to clutch; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street)
felling timber; cutting down trees; logging; lumbering
piece(s) of firewood (esp. chopped or split from logs); kindling (twigs, branches, etc.); firewood
going ahead; going first; preceding; coming before; scoring first; getting off to a lead
before; previously; ahead; pardon me for leaving (before you)
to pass (a car); to overtake; to surpass; to outstrip; to outdistance
to push away; to thrust aside; to detach oneself from; to keep away from; to act coldly; to do without emotion
ho-ho-ho (e.g. Santa Claus)
following (in the footsteps of); catching up with; coming level with
kanji "dancing legs" radical (radical 136)
directivity; directionality; intentionality