to stiffen; to become stiff
absurd; unreasonable; excessive; very; extremely; excessively
playing; play (margin between on and off, gap before pressing button or lever has an effect)
to come to a dead end; to come to a standstill; to reach a deadlock; to reach an impasse; to reach a stalemate
(flight of) stone steps; stone stairway
fire alarm ringing continuously to warn that a fire is extremely near; sound as produced by this alarm
to begin making a sound (ringing, singing, crying, etc.)
flame; blaze; fire; attack; aggression
roll (e.g. of cloth); winding (e.g. watch); volume (of book); speeding up; heel (of a Japanese sandal)
flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion
tongue; tongue-like object; clapper (of a bell); talon (of a lock)
appearing and disappearing; slipping in and out of view
upper reaches (of a river); upper stream; top; upper part; long ago; beginning; first
to stand up; to get up; to rise; to recover; to take action; to start; to make the initial charge
warehouse; storehouse; cellar; magazine; granary; godown
to burn; to be roasted; to be heated; to be jealous; to be envious
to keep talking; to go on and on; to talk non-stop
to blaze; to burn brightly
toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything
terrific; fierce; terrible; tremendous; dreadful; awful
to wonder; to puzzle oneself about; to feel anxious about; to suspect; to doubt
wounded person; injured person
to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize
to help out of (trouble); to extricate
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)
circumference; girth; tour; pilgrimage; circulation (e.g. of blood)
meeting; rendezvous; encounter; confluence
white vegetables or fish simmered without soy sauce
et cetera; etc.; and the like; the likes of; something like
fiercely (e.g. of a fire burning); bong-bong (of clock ringing); with repeated bangs (e.g. of fire cracker); striking clock; green young man from a well-to-do family
house; dwelling; human habitation
flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion
to freeze; to be frozen over; to congeal
to be careful; to pay attention; to take care
to glide; to slide (e.g. on skis); to fail (an examination); to bomb (when telling a joke); to drop; to go down
(musical) time; tempo; beat; the moment; the instance; chance
anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest
Milky Way; luminous band corresponding to the plane of the galaxy