sun (approx. 3 cm); length; measurement; shortness; tininess
unreliable; uncertain; indefinite; unclear
to tower extremely high; to pierce the sky; to overflow (with energy); to run high (of spirits, momentum, etc.); to surge (of a feeling)
to exchange blows; to hit each other; to punch each other; to fight
successively; one after another
easily; readily; with ease; without trouble
flow of electric current; supply of power; turning on electricity; applying electric current; passing an electric current (through)
to bend; to wind; to twist; to zig-zag
to lose hope; to be plunged into darkness
to disappear; to vanish into thin air
serves you right!; see what happens!
to slip down; to slide down; to glide down
coach; coaching; training
desk pad; sheet of plastic (or cardboard, felt, etc.) placed under writing paper; being pinned under; being caught under; model; pattern
to be sticky; to be adhesive; to persevere; to persist; to stick to
unvoiced opinion; (opinion of the) silent majority; views which are not expressed
well aware of; know thoroughly; being familiar with (and thus feeling no need for restraint)
spots; speckles; mottles; speckled; spotted
mortal enemy; object of fierce hatred or intense aversion; (lit.) one's parent's killer
one's specialty; one's forte; specialty of a kabuki school
carpenter's square; instigation; suggestion; metal wire with a prop animal (e.g. butterfly, bird) attached to the end; rod used to control the arm of a puppet (in bunraku)
you're lying; yeah, right; liar; fibber
sharpness; sharp weapon; blade; fine soldier
to carve into; to cut into; to engrave into; to inscribe
golden; gold-colored; gold-coloured; honey-colored; honey-coloured
to come into being; to be born
hand used like a sword in striking
flying; leaping; zero; naught; flying fish (esp. the Japanese flying fish, Cypselurus agoo); running out of points (zero or fewer)
salary; pay; medical care; treatment; advance preparation
to leave as is; to ignore
loss (of weight or volume, e.g. in transit); ullage; outage; decrease (in value); reduction
lethality; killing effectiveness
handicraft; industrial art object
serious condition; critical condition
to be given; to be granted; to be honored with; to give; to bestow; to confer
explanatory note; explanatory text; explanation; caption
urge to defecate (or urinate); call of nature
to omit; to leave out; to exclude; to curtail; to save; to cut down
hair disarranged during sleep; bed hair; habit of moving around in one's sleep; tossing and turning in sleep; sleeping habit (esp. of a child or toddler)
to comb out; to brush; to untangle; to unravel
want to ... do something; would like to ...