anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
permission; allowance; acceptance; tolerance; pardon
self-satisfaction; (self-)complacency; smugness
to couch (a sword); to look at cynically or ironically; (arch.) to stand ready (to do); (arch.) to adopt a formal attitude
(not even) an inch; (not even) a little bit; (lit.) one millimeter
reason for living; something one lives for; purpose in life; raison d'être
to condemn; to blame; to urge; to press; to torture; to torment
considerably; greatly; a lot
slumping; flopping down; heavily rotating
shape of the "dai" kanji (esp. person with arms and legs outstretched); sprawling; lying spread-eagled
to lie down; to throw oneself down
water; liquid; fluid; moisture; humidity; sap
to dry (clothes, etc.); to desiccate
measurement; size; extent; plan; intention; arrangement
is something that; is that which
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
(lying on one's belly and) basking in the sun; sunbathing (e.g. on a beach)
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma
to flash (e.g. lightning); to flicker; to flutter (e.g. flag); to wave; to flash into one's mind (e.g. an idea); to come to one suddenly
death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out
to flap (wings); to spread one's wings; to go out into the world
(doing) as one pleases; to one's heart's content; letting (something) go unchecked; leaving uncontrolled; leaving (something) to take its own course
losing posture; falling position from which it is impossible to recover; lame duck; hopeless situation
thought; consideration; thinking
law; act; method; mood; dharma; law
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
one's last moments; (on) the point of death; (on) one's deathbed
seemingly good but ultimately stupid idea
New Year's Eve; end of the year
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
to be solved; to be resolved; to loosen; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. a ban)
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
to comfort; to console; to amuse
comfort; consolation; diversion