to head towards; to direct one's steps to
flapping of wings; wingbeat; flap; flutter
bristle; seta; stiff hair; coarse hair
misemono; type of Edo- and Meiji-period side show often held outdoors or in small temporarily erected shacks on temple and shrine grounds; show; exhibition; spectacle
to jump up; to leap up; to fly up (into the sky); to soar up; to jump ahead; to skip ahead
spire; steeple; pinnacle; minaret
to kick (hard); to send flying with a kick; to kick away; to reject flatly; to refuse outright; to turn down
history; pedigree; lineage
to be reduced to (e.g. poverty); to end up as
scaffold; scaffolding; foothold; footing; foothold (e.g. in business); foundation
to blurt out; to let slip; to say inadvertently; to come out with (e.g. nonsense)
right above; just above; directly above; directly overhead
forefoot; forefeet; foreleg; forelimb
to deify; to enshrine; to pray; to worship
right under; directly below; right beneath
rubble; debris; wreckage; trash; rubbish
to fly about; to jump about; to bustle about
to trample (down); to crush (by trampling); to ravage
to jump over; to leap over; to fly over; to fly across; to jump ahead (of someone); to skip over
at the most; at best; to the utmost; as much as possible; as much as one can
globular shape; spherical shape
last stand; last bastion; last stronghold; last frontier
journey; trip; travels; during the journey; on the way; while travelling
wise ruler; enlightened monarch; benevolent lord
safe (e.g. choice); secure; innocuous; acceptable; passable; satisfactory
reminiscence; nostalgia; thinking fondly of the past; recalling the old days
to impose (a tax, fine, etc.); to levy; to assign (a task, duty, etc.); to give; to set
raw; uncooked; natural; as it is; unprotected (sex); raw; live (i.e. not recorded)
to flip-flop; to do an about-face; (lit.) to flip over one's hand; to do something easy
koku; traditional unit of volume, approx. 180.4 litres; measure of a Japanese-style boat's loading capacity (approx. 278.26 liters)
to shrug (shoulders); to duck (head); to draw back (body)
to open the lid; to lift a lid; to open the lid (on); to make public; to start (something); to look at the results (consequences, outcome, effect)
to flutter (e.g. a flag); to wave; to reverberate (e.g. thunder); to resound
phew; whew; huff; whoo; woohoo
lungs; bottom of one's heart; vital point
sharp pain; acute pain; intense pain
sleeve (esp. of a kimono); pocket of sleeve; vicinity (esp. of a bridge); approach; foot of a mountain; base of a mountain