to sit upright; to sit up straight; to take a defiant attitude; to become aggressive; to take the offensive
coward; gutless person; sissy; weakling; loser; milquetoast
lifelike; exact resemblance
ideal land; earthly paradise; Utopia; Arcadia
to deem acceptable; to approve of; to value; to consider a good thing
eternal; unlimited; endless
to love (someone weaker than oneself); to be affectionate towards; to treat with tender loving care
affection; love; fondness; tenderness
(public) peace; stability; tranquillity
to do oneself; to do by oneself; to start work (on); to commence
destructive power; destructive energy; destructive force
whole nation; whole land; whole country
to well up; to burst; to arise
to roughen (e.g. one's attitude); to raise (one's voice)
wrong impression; subjective impression; assumption; prejudice
false accusation; pretext; picking a quarrel; committing oneself
ugly; unsightly; hideous; mean; repulsive; disgraceful
to twist (yarn); to lay (rope)
to grant (a wish); to accede; to comply with; to heed
to criticize harshly; to blame; to accuse; to urge; to press
to know shame; to have a sense of shame; to be ashamed
to feel ashamed; to be abashed
night view; night skyline; nightscape
now advancing and now retreating; ebb and flow; seesawing; taking alternately favorable and unfavorable turns
to catch and tie up; to apprehend; to entangle; to trap; to brush out (e.g. dust, fur, plaque); to extract
to throw; to cast (e.g. vote, light, shadow); to devote oneself (e.g. to a cause); to invest; to put in; to administer (medicine); to give
as (X, then Y); with; in accordance with; in proportion to
footwork (in martial arts, sports, etc.)
hilt (of a sword); haft (of a dagger); handle; handgrip
construction; framework; erection; assembly; organization; organisation
before one knows; unnoticed; unawares
flip-up; fold-up; tip-up; top-hinged (e.g. window)
flying; leaping; zero; naught; flying fish (esp. the Japanese flying fish, Cypselurus agoo); running out of points (zero or fewer)
dancer; dancing master; dancing mistress
to strike a pose (in kabuki); to assume a posture; to make a proud gesture; to put on an air of confidence; to speak boastfully
to put something on top of another thing; to superimpose
trance; ecstasy; enthusiasm
state (of mind); mental state; field (of activity); one's lot; circumstance; place
one of these days; someday; one day