difficult to imagine; quite unlikely to; very doubtful; would not expect
(a) touch of; tinge of; wreath (e.g. of smoke); one stroke; one brush
spontaneous generation; abiogenesis; natural occurrence; spontaneous occurrence
to go by; to cross; to pass by; to flash across
to notice; to become aware; to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to recover consciousness; to come to oneself
top brass; upper echelon; higher-ups; top management; upper reaches; top of the pile
to tire of; to lose interest in; (arch.) to be satisfied; (arch.) to enjoy; (arch.) to do adequately
confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging
on the way; en route; in the process of (development, construction, etc.); in the middle of
distant view; looking from a distance; good long distance vision; farsightedness
just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment
yawn; yawning; kanji "yawning" radical (radical 76)
sky; the skies; high-altitude sky; upper air
cumulonimbus; gigantic columns of clouds (in summer); thunderhead
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
metre; meter; meter; gauge
birds of prey (of order Falconiformes or Strigiformes); raptors
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
record; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); results; to record; to document
unidentifiable; unidentified
aviation; flight; flying; to fly; to take a flight
untrodden (region, field of study, etc.); unprecedented (discovery, achievement, etc.)
large bird; peng (in Chinese mythology, giant bird said to transform from a fish); fenghuang (Chinese phoenix)
presence; appearance; attendance; visit; going out
tail (animal); tail end; tip
to grow; to spring up; to sprout; to cut (teeth)
to smoke (e.g. pipe); to puff (cigarette)
living thing; organism; creature; biology
lizard; skink lizard (Scincidae spp.)
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
scale (of fish, snake, etc.); serif (on kana or kanji (e.g. in Mincho font))
unidentified flying object; UFO
as (X, then Y); with; in accordance with; in proportion to
closely (packed, lined up, etc.); tightly; densely; (work) sufficiently
lack of common sense; thoughtlessness; senselessness; irrationality; absurdity