twilight; dusk; faint light
to step forward; to take a step forward
hillock; small hill; knoll; hummock
upper end; top; tip; top edge
absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic
to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain; to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged
to remove; to clear away; to except from; to make an exception of; to lay aside; to set aside
in the twinkling of an eye; in a flash
this (very thing); this precisely
ascent; climbing; ascending (path); upbound (esp. toward Tokyo)
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
after this; from now on; hereafter; thereafter; since (then); after
curiously enough; oddly enough; strange to tell
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
for a short while; for a while; for some time; for the time being
from the beginning; without hesitation; flatly (e.g. refusing); entirely; completely
entirely; completely; cleanly; snugly
wobbling; tottering; wavering (e.g. over a decision); dithering; boiling up; dizzily
forever; endlessly; on and on; meandering; wandering; winding
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)
(item of) equipment; accessories (bike, auto)
even; for starters; so; therefore; judging from; based on
to some degree; up to a point; to some extent
meeting; rendezvous; encounter; confluence
something; some kind of; for some reason
to stoop; to lean over; to bend forward; to bend down; to crouch; to squat
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
pair; the two; both persons; both things
ticktock; chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; dry and hard; (frozen) stiff; hidebound
freezing; cold storage; refrigeration
adhesive tape; sticky tape
strict; severe; stringent; rigorous; rigid; firm
dark; gloomy; somber; depressing
to do; to commit; to accomplish; to achieve