to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
laconic; of few words; reticent; quiet
relief; reassurance; recognition of right to land ownership (by the shogunate, a feudal lord, etc.); (arch.) living safely surrounded by walls
to wring the neck; to strangle
choking; suffocating; stifling; oppressive; heavy
escape; break-out; prolapse; proptosis
middle of the night; dead of night
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
partly open; in half bloom
to erase; to delete; to turn off (power); to switch off; to extinguish; to put out
speaking voice; talking voice
thickly; densely; luxuriantly
lump; mass; group; crowd; embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.); personification
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
with stealthy steps; with noiseless footsteps; on tiptoe; stealthily
flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion
to gulp down (a drink); to slurp
cheerful; jovial; weather; season; spirit of yang
sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages
awkward (movements, speech, etc.); jerky; stiff; strained (relations); sour
to burst into tears; to burst out crying; to begin to cry; to be moved to tears
independence; self-reliance
encouragement; promotion; inducement; incitement; stimulation
indiscriminately; blindly; at random; indiscriminate; random; excessive
as before; as ever; as it was originally
(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely
flapping; rattling (sound); noisily; commotion; kerfuffle
promptly; immediately; quickly; indifferently
denotes uncertainty; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; A and B and the like
tousled; shaggy (hair); scraggly (beard); dishevelled; disheveled; unkempt
chewing; mastication; digestion (e.g. of words); assimilation; comprehension
presumably; it seems that ...; I guess that ...; I suppose that ...; one could infer that ...
real thing; original; actual
pure; true; genuine; unmixed
interest (in something); curiosity (about something); zest (for)
care-taking; house-sitting; house-watching; caretaker; house-sitter
unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful
accompanying; travelling together; traveling together; same bank