to maintain; to continue to have
electric shock; blitz; lightning attack; sudden and without warning; shocking
an order of magnitude higher; off by a digit; in a different league; unbelievable; incomparable; unimaginable
to express in a refined fashion; to weave a web of words
to fall into disgrace with; to incur someone's displeasure
confinement; imprisonment; incarceration
(mind and) spirit; life energy; vitality; essence
in a subdued voice; in undertones; in a whisper; dry and tasteless; stale
apathy; lassitude; lethargy; languor
suitable time; good time; propriety; moderation
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to underestimate; to make light of
already; now; no longer; not any more
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to present; to do (for someone)
to (enter and) sit down; to plop oneself down; to plant oneself down; to sit down (and refuse to move); to sit in (in protest)
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice
abandonment; renouncement; renunciation; resignation; abdication; surrender
to swing; to sway; to shake; to waver; to feel shaken; to become unstable
to be furnished with; to be provided with; to be possessed of; to be endowed with; to be among; to be one of
fall; decline; lowering; deterioration; degradation
to lend an ear to; to listen to
suspicion will raise bogies; once you suspect something, everything else will look suspicious; jumping at shadows
promotion; encouragement; fostering; unwanted help (usu. unintentionally harmful); unnecessary help; disservice
mixture; blending; complication; crossing; intersecting; interlacing
gait; walk; stride; trace (e.g. of route taken by hunted criminal); track; trail
everything; anything; nothing
to float; to become merry; to be cheerful; to become loose; to become unsteady; to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you)
to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)
to come crashing down; to crumble to pieces; to collapse completely
to thrust into; to shove into; to push into; to drive into
to follow with one's gaze; to follow with the eyes
flash of lightning; flash of a sword; brandishing a sword
definite; final; decisive; conclusive
exile (second most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)
to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
staringly; scrutinizing; scrutinising
to be dazzled by; to be dizzied by; to be lost in (greed, lust, etc.); (arch.) to become dark