to grimace; to make a wry face
unnatural; artificial; affected; strained
to shake; to jolt; to shake (e.g. the political world); to disturb; to put off a batter (by varying one's type of pitch)
real intention; true motive; true will; original intention; original purpose; original hope
indifferent; half-hearted; dispirited; listless
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
unnatural; affected; studied; forced
fatigue; weariness; exhaustion; tiredness
to run (of liquid); to spread; to blur; to blot; to ooze; to well up (of tears, etc.)
bad-feeling; disagreeable; unpleasant; revolting; gross; disgusting
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
pillow; bolster; introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in
surprise attack; surprise visit; catching a person off guard
to inform; to notify; to know; to reign
sharp (blade); pointed; sharp (pain); stabbing; perceptive; keen
completely; all the way; altogether; bodily
indescribable; inexpressible; unspeakable; indefinable; nobody can tell
(out of) desperation; (as a) last resort; (driven by) pain
gaining time; stalling for time; time-buying
(the extent of) one's vocabulary
low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key
to see through; to see the true nature of something
wrong; groundless; different; separate; unexpected; surprising
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
to breathe out; to breathe; to tell (a lie); to use (foul language); to vomit; to throw up
to blur; to shade off; to gradate; to obscure; to make ambiguous
to be lit (e.g. candle, lamp, light bulb); to be lighted; to be burning
empty (e.g. argument); insubstantial; hollow; fruitless
aizuchi; back-channeling; interjections indicating that one is paying attention; two smiths hammering at an object in turn
digging deeply (below the surface); mining deep; probing deeply (issue, problem); investigating thoroughly; deepening relations
performance; take; game; season; penetrative vaginal sex (with a prostitute); unsimulated sex (in an adult movie)
to put oneself on guard; to stand ready; to square off
sense of relief; feeling of relief
to hide; to keep to oneself
considerably; greatly; a lot
to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed