floating; drifting; suspension; (arch.) wandering (about)
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
head over heels; headlong; head first
unexpectedly; surprisingly
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
rugged; scraggy; angular; gnarled
in a daze; absent-mindedly; dimly; hazily; with a roar (of flames); with a whoosh
stool (stood on to reach high objects); small stepladder; (fig.) stepping stone
execution (e.g. of a plan); carrying out; practice; action; implementation; fulfillment
explosion; rupture; break off
the reverse; other side; lining
special someone; special person; precious one; significant other
mental preparedness; being braced for; being steeled for
strange; weird; odd; strange thing; strange person
up and down, left and right; top and bottom, left and right
all over; all over the place; everywhere
ball; ball (pitch that falls outside of the strike zone); bowl; board (cardboard, pasteboard, etc.)
dynamic visual acuity; DVA; kinetic vision; ability to identify objects in motion
root; joint; base; crotch
hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation
busy; hectic; frantic; restless; hurried; fidgety
to flap (wings); to spread one's wings; to go out into the world
long time; long interval; for quite some time
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
to tickle; to tickle (one's curiosity, vanity, etc.); to arouse; to make laugh; to amuse
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
to force open; to push open
closely (packed, lined up, etc.); tightly; densely; (work) sufficiently
to all come in (e.g. teeth); to all come out (e.g. seedlings, flowers)
ticklish; embarrassed; awkward; ill at ease (esp. when receiving public praise)
solid; robust; tight; taut; shrewd; calculating
to support each other; to support one another
one's superior's anger; imperial wrath
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryo system)
historical event; ancient event; tradition; folklore; legend
origin; appearance of auspicious omen
to infuriate one's superior; to incur the anger of one's boss; to bring (a superior's) wrath down upon one; to incur the Imperial wrath; to offend the Emperor