oh; right; I see; OK; gotcha
one's physical safety; personal security
to close one's eyes partly; to squint; to smile with one's whole face; to smile sweetly (at); to look fondly (at)
to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out
profile; face in profile; face seen from the side; (personal) profile; (biographical) sketch; outline (of someone's life)
eager; earnest; ardent; OFF (on switch)
to disappear; to vanish into thin air
detour; circuitous route; diversion
luxury; extravagance; treat (i.e. at someone's expense)
artificial product; man-made product; fiction; made-up story; decoration (e.g. for a festival); theatrical prop (esp. a large prop in noh or kyogen, e.g. tree, well, boat)
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
to withdraw; to leave; to retire; to back down; to give up
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
to slip into; to crawl into (under); to conceal oneself (under); to sneak into; to infiltrate
to have an ulterior motive; to have an axe to grind
(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front
to knock at the gate; to request an apprenticeship; to ask to be made a pupil
in all sincerity; with one's whole heart; whole-hearted devotion
to bloom; to blossom; to become lively (esp. of conversation); to become animated; to experience a golden age
vigorously; with great force; energetically; enthusiastically; with spirit
distance; journey; itinerary; path (e.g. to one's goal); way; process
as expected; as predicted
wonder; miracle; amazement; prodigy
ramification; branching off
(time of) one's childhood; when one was a child
just one person; only one
to get lost; to become lost; to go astray
lost article; thing left behind; leaving something behind; forgetting something
corridor; hallway; passageway
echo; reverberation; response; reaction; repercussions
uneasy feeling; sense of anxiety; malaise
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
to advance (spatially); to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to move ahead (e.g. of work); to intensify
proprioception; kinaesthesia; position sense; sense of location; sense of the geography of a place
(looking around) restlessly; (looking) all around; goggling
absolutely; definitely; unconditionally
to separate; to part; to divide; to keep apart
to entwine; to twine around; to coordinate (with); to arrest
tightly (hold, squeeze, etc.); firmly; forcefully (e.g. push); hard
heavy outfit designed to keep out the cold
soft (and fluffy) (e.g. bed, bread, baked potato); (arch.) absent-mindedly
unpleasant; revolting; feeling sick; feeling unwell; uncomfortable; annoying