gradually; by degrees; little by little; bit by bit
murmur; mutter; murmuring; tweet; Twitter post
pulpy; soppy; sloppy; untidy; in a disarray
to bend loosely back and forth; to wriggle; to be crooked
big and round (esp. of eyes); round and cute; spinning; whirling; plump and round; chubby
to coil around; to twine around; to cling (to); to follow around; to hang around
not yet known; unknown; strange
to pull out; to take out; to lead out (e.g. a horse from a stable); to summon (e.g. to court); to withdraw (money); to draw
to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
to be crushed; to be squashed; to go bankrupt; to go under; to be ruined (of a plan); to be cancelled; to be lost (of one's voice, eyesight, sense of smell, etc.)
to go out to meet; to receive; to call for; to summon; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to take (e.g. a wife)
shackles; fetters; irons; bonds (e.g. family); ties; binding relationship
rich (flavor, color, etc.); strong (e.g. odor); probable; (very) likely; passionate; sensuous
endlessly; ceaselessly; nonstop; incessantly
to accept; to receive; to agree
to collapse; to flop (onto)
to have sex; to have a physical relationship
sexual intercourse; sex; coitus
fatigue; weariness; exhaustion; fatigue (of metal, etc.)
sleep; sleeping; inactivity; death
a few hours; several hours; a couple of hours
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
cruelty; coldheartedness; relentless; ruthless
single word; a few words; brief comment
22nd day of the month; 22 days
to be forestalled; to be taken in; to be cheated; to be outwitted
as a matter of fact; really; truly; entirely; completely; wholly
negligence; carelessness; inattention; unpreparedness
to accompany; to follow; to keep up with
to ask a big favour; to ask unreasonable things; to be unreasonable
to leave (a matter, decision, etc. to someone); to entrust (to someone); to leave (to chance, one's imagination, etc.); to let (take its own course); to use (money, strength, spare time, etc.) to the full; to use freely
to take (something) along; to bring with one; to carry (something) away; to bear
to tie; to bind; to fasten; to restrict (freedom); to tie down (with rules, regulations, etc.); to fetter
extremely important; essential; vital; crucial
final; eventual; ultimate
to be conceivable that; to be thinkable that
failure; mistake; blunder
two times; twice; two degrees
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
ten; 10; ten years of age
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