heat shimmer; heat haze; shimmering of hot air
unaware; unmindful; unconscious; blind; apathetic
legs and loins; lower body; foundations; underpinnings
exemption; exoneration; discharge
prompt decision; snap judgement; snap judgment
lightning; electric illumination; light from an electric source
suddenly; unexpectedly; by chance; accidentally; lightly; nimbly
numbness; going to sleep (of a limb); pins and needles
to drop; to let fall; to omit
the defensive; passive attitude; passivity; the passive; passive voice; ukemi (the art of falling safely)
attendance (on); chaperonage; attendant; escort; entourage
to step on (something) and break it
to forget completely; to leave behind
speaker; lecturer; lecturer (at a university or college); instructor; part-time teacher; tutor (at a cram school)
anesthetic; anaesthetic; narcotic
to take root (of a plant); to strike root; to root; to become established (e.g. of an idea, a movement); to take hold; to take root
(home) tutor; private tutor; private teacher
to have a smattering knowledge of
to speak badly (of); to speak ill (of); to bad-mouth
indigenousness; being native (to a region); settling (of people); native; indigenous; aboriginal
to praise extravagantly; to lionize; to lionise; to make much of
to move (something) to another location; to change the position of; to rearrange; to replace; to exchange; to switch
to cut off; to excise; to tear off; to cut out; to whittle down; to tear out
minimum; at the very least
diligent; hard-working; industrious
source (e.g. of a river); headwaters; origin of something continuous (language, culture, etc.)
advance (into a new market, industry, etc.); expansion (into); launch (into); advance (to the next round of a competition)
partition; division; separation; segmenting; splitting
gigantic stone; megalith; massive boulder
original; unique; distinctive; independent; one's own; personal
calling repeatedly (e.g. someone's name); shouting repeatedly; pronouncing successively (usu. repeating a syllable with voicing, as in "tsuzuku")
to intercommunicate; to exchange (messages, vows, etc.)