cool-headed; level-headed; hard-headed
hard-to-believe; unbelievable; incredible; fabulous
pleading; entreaty; supplication; petition
to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake
to beg forgiveness; to ask for someone's pardon; to ask for permission
meanwhile; in the meantime; by the same token; in contrast
to be lifted up (with a crane, ropes, etc.); to be raised; to be hoisted; to turn upward (esp. of eyes); to slant upward
extraordinary; preposterous; outrageous; absurd
to be fragrant; to give out a smell; to be enveloped in a smell; to be radiant; to be attractive
thirst for blood; bloodlust; determination to kill
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
to crush; to squash; to flatten; to quash (a plan, opposition, etc.); to crush; to suppress
from the beginning; from the first; of course; not to mention ...; not only ... but also ...
compression; condensing; shortening; compression (of data)
a few seconds; several seconds
long sword; minute hand (of a clock)
to throw down; to throw out; to abandon; to resign; to give freely; to give generously
to draw an arc (e.g. with a compass); to describe an arc (e.g. through the air); to form an arc
purpose for which money is spent; the way money is spent; how goods are used
lightly; easily; carelessly
tall figure; high stature
impressiveness; impact; force; intensity; presence; appeal
to brew (sake, etc.); to cause; to bring on; to bring about
ward; borough; city (in Tokyo); district (e.g. electoral); section; zone (e.g. postal)
one (of a pair); incomplete; imperfect; few; little; off-centre
borderline between life and death; verge of death; deadline (boundary around a prison which prisoners were not allowed to cross)
to freeze; to become frozen; to freeze over
collapse; break; cave-in; market decline; market crash
the same; the said; likewise
series; sequence; keiretsu (group); conglomeration of businesses linked by cross-shareholdings; affiliated; subsidiary
linear; rectilinear; straight-line; straightforward; simple
destructive power; destructive energy; destructive force
incredible; extraordinary; exceptional; phenomenal
slight movement; slight tremor; quiver
double suicide; lovers' suicide; group suicide; family suicide; dedication to the point of self-sacrifice
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
to forget to say; to forget to mention
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
to sob; to never stop crying; to cry on and on