description; describing; depicting
nervous; highly strung; sensitive; fussy; worried about petty things
being dead drunk; drunken stupor
drunkenness; intoxication
fault; weakness; flaw; crux (of a matter); difficult point; point of contention
to force; to compel; to coerce; to press; to impose
to the previous extent; as much as previously; as much as one used to
to beg; to ask; to request; to invite
wild; violent; rough-mannered; rough (e.g. work); crude; coarse
(one's) youth; one's younger days
unthinkable; count for nothing; not matter; out of the question
supreme; sublime; highest
deep realization (realisation); profound realization; one's faith being transmitted to a deity and one's wish then being granted; unexpectedly obtaining something
spirit (e.g. human spirit); soul; spirit; ghost; ethereal being
to be playful; to gambol; to be amused (with something); to flirt with
but; however; even though; even if
distinguishing; distinction; discrimination; telling apart
cannot help (doing); have no choice but to; am compelled to; am obliged to; it is incumbent upon (me) to
Chinese soft-shelled turtle (Pelodiscus sinensis); soft-shelled turtle (Trionychidae)
hungrily; greedily; voraciously; ravenously
interior of the mouth; oral cavity
how; in what way; circumstances
devotion; dedication; self-sacrifice
living flesh; flesh and blood; physical body of Buddha or a bodhisattva
spiritual life; inner life; mental life
to have a taste for; to be fond of; to enjoy (in moderation); to be modest; to be prudent; to watch (e.g. one's behaviour)
jello (gelatin-based dessert); jelly; gel; jelly
foreign; abroad; overseas
to order; to send away for; to have (something) sent to one; to pull (something) closer
pilchard (esp. Japanese pilchard, Sardinops melanostictus); sardine
first and second; A and B; superiority and (or) inferiority; distinction (in quality); discernment
food and drink; eating and drinking
bestial; beastly; beast-like; brutal
cease-fire; truce; armistice