accurate; correct; precise; exact
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
to set (sun); to become dark
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
embankment; bank; beef sinew stewed in miso and mirin
pumpkin (Cucurbita sp.); squash
Fosbury-back flop; backward jump
consent; assent; agreement; understanding; comprehension; grasp
patient; unhurried; leisurely
meaningfully (smiling, grinning, etc.); suggestively; broadly; sneeringly
to step over; to step across; to stride over; to stretch over; to span; to bridge
having slow reflexes; being nonathletic; person who is not athletic
nothing new; same as always; an old story; nothing new about it; not the first time it has happened
stamina; endurance; physical strength; strength of an organization (e.g. profitability, productivity, economic clout, stability, growth potential)
like everyone else; like most people; like an ordinary person; as much as anyone else
to entangle; to entwine; to pick a quarrel; to find fault; to be involved with; to be influenced by
to forget oneself; to lose control of oneself
the defensive; passive attitude; passivity; the passive; passive voice; ukemi (the art of falling safely)
(gymnastics) pulling oneself upward with a forward, circling movement; back hip circle
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
even if; even though; however; no matter how
only; merely; but; no more than
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
door; gate; opening; title page
to turn towards; to point
far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far
to come and see (someone, something); to visit
(living) sacrifice; victim; scapegoat
to return to normal; to revert to the starting point; to go back to how it was
splash; spray; chance blow; by-blow; getting dragged into (a quarrel, etc.)
to drop; to lose; to let fall
soaked; drenched; sopping; incessantly (raining); drizzling
young man (between 15 and 25 years old)
surely; certainly; without doubt
natural disaster; cataclysm
monetary offering; offertory