yearned for; longed for; missed
to look back on (the past); to reflect on; to look behind (at); to turn round (and look); to consider; to concern oneself about
to faint; to be exhausted
thoughtlessly; rashly; unwisely; halfway; half-done; incomplete
restraining (someone); restraint
to bring forward (e.g. by 3 hours); to advance; to hasten (e.g. one's death); to quicken (e.g. one's step); to speed up; to accelerate
human power; human strength; human effort; human agency
cannot do a thing; feeling handcuffed; being at the end of one's tether; being at one's wit's end
last moment; eleventh hour; platform made of dirt used to perform executions (decapitations) in the Edo period
appearance; arrival; make one's appearance
helping hand; help; support; aid
impossible; unthinkable; unimaginable
to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out
3 Japanese feet; waistband; belt; cloth girdle
every other; second; alternate
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
to have one's attention attracted (caught); to be preoccupied with
brittle; fragile; weak; tender-hearted; sentimental; easily moved
flat cap; cloth cap; newsboy cap; (hunting) cap
certain; unmistaken; evident; obvious; beyond doubt
surely; clearly; without a doubt; in all probability; no matter how one slices it; no matter how one looks at it
by all means; at all costs; absolutely
this is not the time (for that); that's out of the question right now
to be urgent; to be pressing; to be imminent
dangerous position; peril
de- (indicating reversal, removal, etc.); post-
to point (gun at); to hold under one's nose
(social) position; status
in an instant; instantly; in a moment; instantaneously; in the twinkling of an eye
falling down; tumbling; reversing; inverting; getting upset
to attack; to assault; to assail
peculiarity; uniqueness; characteristic
exceedingly; extremely; decisively
dimness; obscurity; indistinctness; unclear; unintelligible
failure; defeat; mistake; unconsciousness
to mourn; to lament; to be sorry; to regret; to repent
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
pressing; urging; demanding; demand
(a) stop (e.g. in a timber joint, or at the end of a kanji stroke); remaining (e.g. poste-restante); forty-five degree angle
perfect; just right; ideal