gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
the way there; outbound leg; bound for ...; outbound ticket
finally; at last; ultimately; in the end
worn-out; ragged; crumbling; dry and crumbly; falling (in drops or clumps); scattering
to tell; to (try to) persuade; to advise; to warn; to admonish; to reason
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
to revive; to come to oneself; to be restored to life
to resign oneself (to); to reconcile oneself (to); to accept (e.g. defeat); to give up
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
designation; specification; assignment; appointment; pointing at
meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club
growth; breeding; growing up (in, as); upbringing
to entrust (a matter) to; to leave to; to abandon oneself to (e.g. pleasure); to yield to (e.g. anger); to devote oneself to
to spur on; to urge forward; to impel; to drive at high speed (e.g. a car)
to become pale; to turn pale
to do for (the sake of someone else)
figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition
hot; warm; passionate; impassioned; on everybody's mind; on the radar
to step firmly; to harden by treading
adventure; venture; venture which is unlikely to succeed; risky attempt; danger
to make one's heart flutter
ecstatically; spellbound; with rapt attention; abstractedly; absentmindedly; absorbedly
wife; (arch.) my dear; (arch.) dear; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment
have a pain in one's chest
envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)
to meet someone in person; to have the pleasure of meeting
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
to cough violently; to have a coughing fit
thin; slender; fine; unlucky
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
consciousness; awareness; relief; calm
to suit; to match; to become; to be like
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued
long-cherished ambition; satisfaction
to gasp; to pant; to breathe hard; to suffer; to struggle
to put to bed; to lay down lengthwise; to put a thing on its side; to set something aside unused; to let lie idle; to ferment