betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides (with); supporting; standing by
twilight; sunset; dusk; evening
trying to think of a way (to do); devising means (to do); working out (how to do); contriving (to raise money); managing
spine; line of the backbone; seam down the back (of clothing)
ill will; spite; bad meaning; mala fides; bad faith; malice
emotion; feeling; feelings; sentiment
to suddenly understand (esp. on basis of experience or memory); to come to mind; to recall (in a flash); to be reminded of; to call to mind; to think of
bad; wrong; evil; no good; wicked; reprehensible
concealment; hiding; ambush; incubation; latency; dormancy
continuation; continuance; going on; resuming
surely; certainly; without doubt
to go away; to become more distant; to fade away; to be estranged
to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
overhead; above one's head; high in the sky
halfway up (down) a mountain; mountainside
puzzled; perplexed; quizzical; dubious; suspicious
to knit one's brows (in discomfort, unease, disapproval, etc.); to raise one's eyebrows; to frown
coat (of hair or fur); lie of (dog's) hair; type; sort; lineage; breeding
to strain one's eyes; to look closely; to stare at
such; like that; in that way
to put up (a notice, sign, etc.); to hang out (e.g. a banner); to hold up high; to raise overhead; to tout (a principle, plan, etc.); to herald; to publish
unusual event; strange occurrence; strange phenomenon; something abnormal; change (for the worse); accident
antlion (larva); doodlebug; antlion pit
to crawl out of; to creep out of
to roll up; to hoist; to take away; to rip off (e.g. money from someone); to blow up (dust)
trunk; torso; plastron (in kendo); touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo); frame (of a drum, etc.); sound box (of a shamisen, etc.)
bright red; deep red; flushed (of face); downright (e.g. lie); complete; utter
to dash against (of waves); to billow; to roll; to wave (e.g. in the wind); to heave; to pound (of a heart)
snake; serpent; large snake
to coil itself (e.g. a snake); to loaf around
feeler; tentacle; antenna; touching (with one's hand); feeling; sensing
wave; billow; ups and downs; (something) advancing step by step; (something) surging forward inopposably; tendency
to blow violently; to sweep over; to devastate
impact; shock; impulse; (psychological) shock