immediate; prompt; quick; rapid; urgent; pressing
successful execution; accomplishment; completion; fulfillment; carrying through
instant; moment; for an instant
to tighten; to stiffen; to brace; to strain
to give up (something as hopeless); to throw in the towel
hook; hook bracket (Japanese quotation mark)
to bend; to crook; to lean; to tilt; to bend (the truth); to distort
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
to rage; to storm (at); to be furious; to enthuse; to speak enthusiastically; to speak with vigour
ambition; aspiration; sinister designs; treachery
height; acme; extremity; end; limit
obi worn high on the waist
to ring; to sound; to be popular; to be esteemed; to state; to insist
to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)
bedside; near one's pillow
United Kingdom; Britain; Great Britain; England
reaffirmation; reconfirmation; revalidation
middle of the night; dead of night
foreign; abroad; overseas
to insert; to include; to incorporate; to cut in (printing)
tough; hard; determined; strong-minded; strong (e.g. sunlight, alcohol); severe
facing; opposite; across the street; other side
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
end of term; end of semester
bodily sensation; sense; experience