passing the baton (in a relay race); baton pass; baton handoff; passing the baton; handing over (a job, responsibility over something, etc.)
hah (derisively); pooh; pfft (of something disappearing); poof; huff; puff
satisfaction; contentment; sufficient; satisfactory; satisfying (an equation)
sign of life; human presence; humanity; humaneness
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued
accident; emergency; calamity
to be all out (e.g. of people); to be all elsewhere; to be all in use (e.g. of cars); to be sold out; to have none left
secretly; in secret; unseen; unobserved; inwardly; in private
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
to smoke; to smoulder; to be sooty; to be smoke-stained; to smoulder (e.g. a dispute); to smolder
to lure (someone) toward one; to lure (into); to entice
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
to fall completely silent; to become still as death
to pass (of time); to elapse
Moon; month; moonlight; (a) moon; natural satellite
engawa; external corridor on the outer side of traditional Japanese houses; bone at the base of a fin (esp. of a flatfish); meat at the base of a fin
sweet-smelling; scentful; fragrant
to melt; to liquefy; to dissolve (in a liquid); to be soluble (in); to be used up (of money or time); to be wasted
to incline; to lean; to devote oneself to; to concentrate on; to ruin; to squander
garden; yard; courtyard; field (of action); area
calls and sounds made by insects
light (color, taste, etc.); faint (e.g. smell); pale; faint (feeling, hope, etc.); fleeting; slight
to soften; to moderate; to relieve
to sit up straight; to straighten one's posture; to straighten up
regrettable; disappointing; precious; dear; too good for; deserving better
to burn; to burn with (emotion, feeling); to be fired up
dangerous; unsettled; troubled; disturbed; insecure
to push out; to project; to stick out; to hand over (e.g. to the police)
to thrust into; to shove into; to push into; to drive into
to fit; to get into; to be fit for (a job, etc.); to be suited for; to fall into; to plunge into
sweeping sideways; mowing down
to tear up; to tear off; to rip up; to (forcibly) separate (a couple, family, etc.); to force apart; to tear apart
nine-character charm chanted with ritual gestures to ward off evil (esp. by mountain ascetics and adherents of Esoteric Buddhism)
toes; tips of the toes; toe of a shoe, sock, etc.
to jump over; to leap over; to fly over; to fly across; to jump ahead (of someone); to skip over
lattice; latticework; lattice door; check(ed) pattern; plaid
Japanese chimera; mythical creature with a monkey's head, tanuki's body, tiger's limbs, and a snake tail; White's thrush (Zoothera dauma); mysterious person; person of unknown character
ramming attack; hurling oneself (at); throwing oneself into (e.g. a role); going all out
to be dead; to be lifeless
trickling (of water); flickering (of fire); darting about (e.g. a small animal); scampering about