upper stratum (classes, stories, storeys); upper layer; layer above
advantage; point in favor; point in favour
if that's the case ...; if so ...; that being the case ...
first experience (of something); first sexual experience
being in dire distress; being hard put to it; being hard pressed (for money); the four and eight kinds of suffering (birth, old age, disease, death, parting from loved ones, meeting disliked ones, not getting what one seeks, pains of the five skandha)
unsteadily (walking); waddling; staggeringly; totteringly
horizon (related to bodies of water)
sea level; (surface of) sea
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
article left behind (at a crime scene, after death, etc.)
artificial; man-made; human work; human skill; artificiality
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
standing upright; standing straight; standing erect; rising perpendicularly; rising straight up; towering high
tail and fins; embellishment (of a story, rumor, etc.); exaggeration
tail (of an animal); cauda; tail (of a kite, etc.); tail end; tail (of a comet); slope at the foot of a mountain
grand; magnificent; majestic; great; sublime
to touch (a person's) heart; to impress (a person)
moving; touching; stirring
to bend loosely back and forth; to wriggle; to be crooked
very thick; something extremely thick; thick, heavy thread
civilized person; civilized people
emission; release; radiation; release (of goods, a player from a team, etc.)
scarcity value; rarity value; preciousness
not knowing one's social position; overweening; overreaching; forgetting who one is
to take more time than expected; to take a long time; to be delayed
to take aim (at); to set one's sights (on); to zero in (on)
to take refuge in; to succeed in running away
diving; submerging; going underwater
high and low speed; fast and slow; lenience and severity; emergency; crisis
to exploit a gap (in attention, security, etc.); to catch off guard
intelligence; intellect; brains
streamlined shape; aerodynamic shape
orca (Orcinus orca); killer whale; grampus
column of water; water column
ramming attack; hurling oneself (at); throwing oneself into (e.g. a role); going all out
to backfire; to have a harmful result
light (of movements); nimble; light-hearted; cheerful; taking a turn for the better (of an illness); receding of symptoms
to be forestalled; to fall behind; to be one step behind
bodily; with all one's weight; with one's whole body
blindness; blind (e.g. love, faith); reckless
to make an incessant onslaught; to attack incessantly