to start sliding; to begin to slide; to begin to slip; to make a start; to start (off); to get under way
to roar; to thunder; to become well known; to become famous; to pound (of one's heart); to throb
giant; great man; Tokyo Giants (baseball team)
sightseer; spectator; viewer
to run (up hill, stairs, etc.)
to lose sight of; to miss
background; scenery; background (of an incident, situation, etc.); circumstances; backing; support (from behind the scenes)
to emit; to spout; to spurt; to boil over
to come unstuck from; to peel off; to come off
marshland; wetland; swampland
sputtering; smoldering; repeated thrusting into something (sword, needle, etc.); pricking repeatedly; mutterings of discontent; faint sounds of complaint
vacantly; blankly; openmouthed; with one's mouth wide-open; with a whack; with a thump
to be possible; to be conceivable; to be likely; to be probable
waste (of money, time, etc.); squandering; frittering away
one revolution; one rotation
steering (of a boat); steerage
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
somersault; looping-the-loop
wicked person; evil person; bad child; naughty child; bad thing; mischief
to send (someone) back; to send (someone) home
moment by moment; hour by hour
order (esp. to a number of people); command; ritual of bowing at start and end of school class
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
to start working; to take action
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
seven; seven years of age; four o'clock (old time system)
to slide into; to slip into
fearfully; timidly; nervously; cautiously; gingerly
speech and conduct; words and actions; words and deeds; behavior; behaviour; manners
nothing; naught; nought; un-; non-
pardon; forgiveness; exemption; permission
in succession; one by one
kneeling down (to pray); going down on one's knees
powerlessness; helplessness; incompetence; ineffectiveness
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to present; to do (for someone)
magic; witchcraft; sorcery; spell
binding (someone) hand and foot; being tied down (by rules, obligations, etc.)
relatively quickly (esp. actions); quite suddenly (esp. wind, rain, etc.)
complicated; complex; intricate; confusing; difficult; troublesome