detonation by contact; contact detonation; touching off (something); triggering; sparking
itching to do something; impatient; sorely tempted; eager
staying up late; sitting up late at night; keeping late hours
intermission (between acts); interlude
power; might; authority; influence
as always; as ever; though it's always the case
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
to blurt out; to let slip; to say inadvertently; to come out with (e.g. nonsense)
standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability
to hang; to droop; to give (e.g. lesson, instruction, scolding) (to someone of lower status); to confer; to drip; to ooze; to leave behind (at death)
all kinds of things; various things; large number of people
to crush (with the weight of misfortune)
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
to steel oneself to; to brace oneself
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
to trust; to relax one's guard (around)
healing; soothing; therapy; comfort; solace
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
to think (something) is improper; to question; to have a problem with
figure of a person; figures of people; shadow of a person
thick (paper, cloth, etc.); heavy
traditional short winter coat resembling a haori without gussets; livery coat
to let down one's hair; to undo hair
lying face down; lying on one's face; placing upside down; placing face down
to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to blackmail; to extort; to shake down
suddenly (hit); with a slap; sharply (glance, glare, etc.); fiercely; suddenly; all of a sudden
to give (as a gift); to present; to confer; to bestow; to award
just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of
talking in one's sleep; somniloquy; nonsense; gibberish
to spill; to fall out of; to peek through; to become visible (although normally not); to escape (of a smile, tear, etc.)
to bud; to sprout; to arise; to begin to grow
small restaurant; eating house
prosperity; flourishing; thriving
to come into contact with; to touch (each other); to have a brush with
bed; berth; crib; cot; bedroom
I (alphabet letter); i; I (symbol for iodine)