cruel; merciless; pitiless; tragic; horrible; terrible
not knowing when to let go (give up, etc.); unwilling to resign; having lingering attachment; regretful
evil deed; wrongdoing; crime; misfortune; calamity
sticky (situation); finding oneself trapped
(unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario); (lit.) 10000 to 1; (if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that
secret communication (with the enemy); collusion; betrayal; adultery; (extramarital) affair
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
to heal; to cure; to satisfy (e.g. hunger, thirst); to alleviate (e.g. sorrow, fatigue)
in consideration of; in deference to; out of respect for; for (someone's) sake
with a click; with a snap; ornamental clip (hair, obi, etc.)
sound when stopping the blade of a sword with the guard
with a twitch (e.g. an eyebrow); with a dip; with a bob; with a flutter
to threaten; to terrify; to frighten
unsophisticated; ruggedly honest; artless; unaffected; simple; naive
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
waiting on a table; serving (at dinner); waiter; waitress; office boy; office girl
show; display; pretensions; pose; posture
reputation; respectability; honour; honor
passionate; fervent; affecting; moving; touching
thoughtless; rash; hasty; imprudent
to be vague; to speak ambiguously; to be evasive; to not commit oneself
reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)
to be matched against (in a sports contest)
when push comes to shove; when needed; when necessity arises; when the moment arrives
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
holiday; day off; sleep; rest; good night
polite; courteous; civil; careful; close; thorough
the place for; the time for; the level of
rattling; clattering; trembling; shivering; whining; grumbling
congestion (with blood); hyperemia; hyperaemia
absentmindedness; preoccupation; setting one's mind at ease; ceasing to worry; (arch.) loss of one's moral sense; (arch.) straying from virtue
to cough violently; to have a coughing fit
to be thirsty; to feel thirsty; to thirst for; to crave
to let out a cry; to break forth
to be struck by lightning; to be yelled at (by someone of higher status); to be scolded harshly
putting one's life on the line; staking one's life (on); risking one's life; life and death situation
actually; in fact; as a matter of fact
life and death; life or death; samsara (cycle of death and rebirth); death