bending; curving; warping (of feelings, logic, etc.); distortion; refraction; inflection
someone (unspecified, but someone in particular); a certain person
unsatisfied; unsatisfactory; insufficient
to satisfy (conditions, one's appetite, etc.); to meet (e.g. demands); to fulfill; to fill (e.g. a cup); to pack; to supply
pretending not to recognize (recognise); feigned ignorance
obstinate; stubborn; mulish; die-hard; bigoted
remains; traces; (the sorrow of) parting; end
essential; important; crucial; vital; main
please!; I'm asking you; for heaven's sake
to crush to death; to stifle to death; to squeeze to death; to stifle (a laugh, etc.); to muffle (one's breathing); to subdue (one's voice)
preservation; retainment; keeping
invitation; introduction; temptation
stingy; cheap; very frugal
grandfather (may be used after name as honorific); male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific)
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else
full bloom (esp. of cherry blossom); full blossom
accounting; finance; bill (at a restaurant); check; accountant; treasurer
sobering up; method of sobering up
useless; vain; aimless; idle
contour; outline; summary; outline; looks; features
light; faint; pale; fleeting
to blur; to shade off; to gradate; to obscure; to make ambiguous
to lose sight of (one's companions); to stray from; to miss (one's chance to ...)
(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front
to struggle; to writhe; to wriggle; to act frantically; to make desperate efforts
for generations; hereditary; generation after generation
black and white; monochrome; good and evil; right and wrong; guilt and innocence
incessant; constant; continuous; perpetual; everlasting
(telephone) call; (telephone) ring; shout; call; call loan (e.g. 30-day call); call money
to illuminate; to shine a light on; to light up
just one person; only one
blink (of eyes); wink; twinkling (of stars); flicker (of light); blink (of light)