cram school; private tutoring school; juku
fat; thick; deep (of a voice); thick; daring; shameless
gasping for breath; at one's last gasp; breathing feebly; on the brink of death; more dead than alive
on the occasion of; at the time of
astringency; constriction; collecting (e.g. opinions); putting together; extraction (of taxes); convergence (of light); convergence
to wait eagerly for; to look forward to
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
to wrench open; to prize open; to pick (lock)
creaking; groaning (e.g. under physical stress)
to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
to comb (out); to card; to untangle (hair)
to drain; to pour; to wash away; to distribute (e.g. electricity over wires, music over a PA system, etc.); to circulate; to cruise (e.g. taxi); to float
ruggedly; jaggedly; stiffly; choppy (e.g. graphics); lagged; clunky
creak; squeak; creaking sound
quite clearly; quite distinctly; perfectly; exactly
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to fail to ...; to miss one's opportunity to ...
to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up
to fall completely silent; to become still as death
to jar; to creak; to grate
disastrous; tragic; miserable; wretched; pitiful; woeful
suffering (as a result of maltreatment)
charm; fascination; glamour; glamor; attraction; appeal
drop of water; vessel for replenishing inkstone water
zealous; enthusiastic; ardent; fervent; keen; eager
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
endless; boundless; everlasting
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
to wake up; to awake; to awaken to (instinct, ability, perception, etc.); to become aware of; to come to one's senses
degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.); counter for occurrences; strength (of glasses); glasses prescription; alcohol content (percentage); alcohol by volume; extent
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
critical point (temperature)
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
change; alteration; difference; distinction; something wrong; abnormality