paralysis; palsy; numbness; loss of sensation; standstill; state of paralysis
abdomen; belly; womb; one's mind; one's real intentions; courage; nerve
earnestly; immediately; exactly
water caltrop (esp. Trapa japonica); water chestnut; caltrop (weapon)
different school (e.g. of ikebana)
stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; hammy (acting); over-the-top; clumsy
to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
little by little; bit by bit
to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to be promoted
deep emotion; strong feelings
to hide; to keep to oneself
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
inexhaustibility; mutual financing association
in the meantime; meanwhile
in a daze; absent-mindedly; dimly; hazily; with a roar (of flames); with a whoosh
to become misty; to become hazy; to get blurry; to grow dim; to be overshadowed; to be upstaged
spine; line of the backbone; seam down the back (of clothing)
shivering; feeling chilly; shuddering (with fear); feeling creepy; thrilled; excited
to grow cold; to get chilly; to cool down
to overstep the mark; to go too far; to overdo it
heat; fever; temperature; zeal; passion
fingertip; finger; toe tip; toe
to drop; to let fall; to omit
the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability; as hard as possible
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
such ... as; or some such
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
distance; range; difference (e.g. in opinion); gap; metric
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
to wear away; to rub down; to abrade
memory; recollection; remembrance; memory; storage
looking up (e.g. a word in a dictionary); search (e.g. on the Internet); retrieval (of information); reference
to be possessed by a god; to not act like oneself; to behave oddly; to be awesome; to be extreme
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
to shave off; to scrape off