very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
kindness; favor; favour; goodwill; affection; liking (for someone)
menial; meanness; servility; abject
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
secret; private; surreptitious
deep affection; dear; beloved
intimacy; affection; familiarity
chic; smart; understanding; considerate; familiar with worldly pleasures (esp. sexual relations, geisha districts and red-light districts)
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
to weigh on one's mind; to trouble one's heart; to be concerned about; to worry about
low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.); Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, incl. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds)
business district; shopping district; bustling street; shopping centre; shopping center; downtown
atmosphere; air; magnanimity; generosity
drainage; ditch; gutter; sewage; black water
stink; bad odor; bad odour; stench
to hang over; to shroud; to enshroud; to envelop; to screen
unselfishness; wanting little
egoistic; self-centered; selfish
devoted; self-sacrificing
perfect; complete; flawless
ripeness; mellowness; maturity; perfection
smooth (of a surface); glassy; smooth (of an action, proceedings, etc.); fluent (speech); continuously differentiable
sea level; (surface of) sea
to become calm; to die down
poor-quality; shoddy; unskillful; inexpert; unlucky
sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid
control; check; restraint; inhibition
to shiver; to shake; to quake; to tremble; to quaver; to quiver
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
rough; wild; violent; immoderate; extravagant; reckless
to move forward; to move on
runaway horse; galloping horse
to straddle; to sit astride; to mount; to extend over; to spread over; to span
horse; horse racing; promoted bishop
on the occasion of; at the time of
according to; by (means of); due to; because of
attendance; accompanying; following; adjoint