large passenger aircraft; jumbo jet
blue; azure; green; pale; gray; unripe
besides; furthermore; on top of that; and yet; nevertheless; even so
stall (in flying); downturn; slowdown; slump
just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of
to dive (into or under water); to get under; to get into; to hide oneself (esp. from the government); to conceal oneself
wing; Chinese "Wings" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); (arch.) counter for birds or bird wings
left-wing (politics); left wing (of a bird, aircraft, formation, etc.); left flank; left field
to slip into; to crawl into (under); to conceal oneself (under); to sneak into; to infiltrate
below one's eyes; under one's eyes; length (of a fish) from eyes to tail fin
between the waves; in the waves; on the waves; behind the waves; beneath the waves
safety zone; buffer (e.g. against defeat)
quirk of fate; curious coincidence; happy chance
to introduce; to compare; to check; to adjust; to pull into place
something used to cover the eyes; blindfold; blinder; concealing one's home such that the interior cannot be seen from outside
siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding; besiegement
descent; fall; drop; passing down (of an order, decree, etc.)
uh-huh; mm-hmm; with a moan; with a groan
to help out of (trouble); to extricate
to offer; to propose; to suggest; to put forward; to request; to ask (for)
one never knows (what will happen); there's no telling (what the future holds)
processing plant; treatment plant
flash (of light); glint; schiller
ascent; climbing; ascending (path); upbound (esp. toward Tokyo)
mushroom cloud (from nuclear explosion, etc.)
to roll up; to be rolled up
stone (of a fruit); pit; core (of an organization, team, etc.); nucleus; nuclear weapons; nucleus (of an atom); nucleus (of a cell)
sanity; consciousness; soberness
being bombed; being A-bombed; being nuked; being exposed to radiation (from an atomic blast)