gaining total control (of people or counties); suppression; oppression; control; mastery; ascendancy
not feeling like doing ...; having no mind to ...; being in no mood for ...; indifferent; half-hearted; dispirited
to deepen; to heighten; to intensify
skylight; dormer; transom; dormer window
all that one has; all that there is; the whole
counter for laps or circuits; perimeter; Zhou dynasty (of China; approx. 1046-256 BCE); Chou dynasty
to hear; to catch (the sound of something); to hear about (rumour, etc.); to overhear; to get used to hearing
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling, atmosphere, etc.); serious; gloomy
there being no use in arguing (about it); not up for discussion
suddenly (appear, stick out, etc.); abruptly (happen); (stand) still and expressionless; imposingly; suddenly (stand up); abruptly (rise)
to stagger; to stumble; to waver; to be in two minds; to have an affair (with); to fall (for someone)
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
inner part; interior; living quarters (at the back of a house); inner room; recesses (of one's mind); bottom (of one's heart)
to regard (as); to consider (to be); to deem; to look upon (as); to think of (as)
general; overall; across-the-board
possession; retention; maintenance; holding; keeping
water; liquid; fluid; moisture; humidity; sap
smell; scent; aura; whiff; faint, mist-like pattern along the temper line of a Japanese sword
to sniff out; to get wind of
literally; to the letter; literal
pale; pallid; bluish-white
bewitching; alluring; enchanting; demonic; devilish; fiendish
corner; edge; (street) corner; turning; rough edges (of one's character, words, etc.); abrasiveness
resembling closely; being strikingly similar; bearing a strong likeness
external injury; external wound; (physical) trauma
passing (an examination, inspection, etc.); pass (for admission, transport, etc.); ticket; pass (of a ball); pass (ceding one's turn); giving (something) a pass; pass (ceding one's turn after there are no more useful moves)
insipid; flat; dull; lifeless; listless
to talk; to chatter; to tell (e.g. secrets)
easily (reach, exceed, etc.); comfortably; amply; fully; well over
to accept a kind offer; to take someone up on their offer
to step back; to move back; to withdraw (from the presence of a superior); to leave; to resign; to retire
bed; bedding; sickbed; alcove; riverbed; seedbed; straw "core" of a tatami mat
illusion; hallucination; misapprehension; misconception; misunderstanding