to gasp; to pant; to breathe hard; to suffer; to struggle
in that manner; like that
one's heart; one's feelings; one's inner thoughts; one's mind
more; much more; step; rung; paragraph; passage
the vertical; height; front-to-back; length; north-to-south; vertical (relationship)
to extend; to stretch out; to attend; to participate in; to enrol; to enroll
one large animal (horses, cattle, etc.); head (of cattle)
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
obi; kimono sash; paper wrapper on books, CDs, etc.; band; belt; cingulum
partition; division; separation; segmenting; splitting
northern or southern lights; aurora borealis or australis
pink; erotic (usually used in relation to the sex industry); blue; pornographic
purple; violet; Lithospermum erythrorhizon (species of gromwell); type of soy sauce
inconvenient; inexpedient; unfavourable; wrong; improper; objectionable
to sink (e.g. a ship); to submerge; to lower (e.g. one's body into a chair); to floor (an opponent)
shackles; fetters; irons; bonds (e.g. family); ties; binding relationship
wasteland; wilderness; deserted land; prairie; vast plain; wilds
to turn aside adroitly; to dodge
appearing and disappearing; slipping in and out of view
to scatter away; to vanish
absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming
in regard to; concerning (usu. of disputes)
to become fraught with emotion
moment; instant; kshana; duration of a single mental event (about 1/75 second); shortest possible interval of time
magic; witchcraft; sorcery; spell
to mark the end; to spell the end
on the contrary; far from it; if anything; in fact; instead
something unusual; something wrong; mishap; accident; serious condition (e.g. after an injury); different situation
standard; basis; criterion; norm; reference; datum
considerably; greatly; a lot
to go (come) inside; to step into; to enter
doline (sinkhole, in karst topography)
damage to crops by vermin (esp. insects); pest damage
right arm; right-hand man; right hand; right-handed pitcher
to get in someone's pocket; to help oneself to someone's wallet; to curry favour (favor); to butter up; to get in close to one's opponent
frequently; often; (staring) fixedly; narrowly; closely
to divide; to cut; to halve; to break; to crack; to dilute; to fall below
to take in one's hand; to pick up; to obtain
nonchalant air; unruffled air
at the critical moment; when the time comes; when it's most important; when necessary; in an emergency; when push comes to shove
if that's the case ...; if so ...; that being the case ...