area; vicinity; side; edge; circumstances
district of a town; city block (of irregular size)
birth; lineage; identity; background; provenance; origin
address (e.g. of house); residence; domicile
smoothly; easily; readily
feelings; thoughts; meaning
walking; pace; step; course (of history, one's life, etc.); history; pitch (of a screw, etc.)
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
to stroke; to caress; to brush gently; to comb (hair); to smooth down
to take home; to carry home; to bring back home; to take out (e.g. food)
one's long-cherished desire
presence; sitting with; being with
sense of loss; feeling of loss
turbidity; cloudiness (of a liquid); opacity; disorder; chaos
to seek a path; to find one's way
trailing; chasing after; imitation; copy
curious onlookers; rubbernecks
to be at a complete loss; to be without recourse; to be completely stymied; to have absolutely no idea what to do
simplistic (thinking, idea, etc.); hasty
to triumph; to be elated with success
pish; pooh; I see; oh; indeed
competition; rivalry; vying (with)
to become desperate; to give in to despair
hunting ground; hunting preserve
secret method; secret process; secret formula; esoteric rituals (in Shingon Buddhism)
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
head and body; heads tall (ratio of total height to length of the head); heads long
to be born; to come into the world
reflection (light, image, situation, attitude, etc.); reflecting; influence; application (e.g. of an update)
(jumping) nimbly; light-footed; boing; used at sentence end to affect cuteness
to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring
to make merry; to frolic; to be in high spirits
hopping; skipping; lightly and repeatedly jumping
next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to