course (of events); development; progress; market order; order without limit
to be overcome with emotion
calling repeatedly (e.g. someone's name); pronouncing successively (usu. repeating a syllable with voicing, as in "tsuzuku")
rolling over; turning over; turning around (the other way); reversal (of direction, course, etc.); producing a positive from a negative (photography); producing a negative from a positive
at full speed; as fast as one's legs can carry one
to stay on; to remain; to hold out; to stop (doing); to give up
to ask a big favour; to ask unreasonable things; to be unreasonable
to be effective; to be fruitful; to be worthwhile; to be worth; to be rewarded; to pay off
before I knew it; next thing you know; when I came to
chivalrous man who helps the weak and fights the strong; knight in shining armor; ruffians who act under the pretence of being chivalrous
in a crowd; in droves; crawling (of insects); swarming; dragging (e.g. along the ground); trailing
box cutter; utility knife
to retreat; to back off; to draw back; to step back; to shrink away
mercilessly; relentlessly; unsparingly
to start an act (of a play); to have curtains open; to have an (event, period of history, etc.) start
proof; evidence; certificate; license; to testify (usu. Christian religious context); enlightenment
to be pregnant; to be with child
agglutination; adhesion; fusion; combination; blending; uniting
in succession; one by one
if you think about it; come to think of it
to complain; to make a complaint
(not) a soul; (not) a single person
from out of nowhere; from who knows where
bacterium; bacteria; germ
whole; entirety; whatever (is the matter)
in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
increase; multiplication; propagation; proliferation
mouse; rat; dark gray; dark grey; slate (color, colour)
(Buddhist) lecture meeting; religious association; mutual assistance association (i.e. for financial assistance)
all; completely; totally; entirely; thoroughly
to surround; to crowd around
variety; kind; type; counter for kinds, species, etc.
to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter
housewife; mistress (of the house); homemaker
schoolgirl; female student
uneven; irregular; non-uniform; unsorted; odd; miscellaneous
meeting; assembly; gathering; congregation; convention; rally