panting; gasping; heavy breathing
to be slow; to not make progress; to be inefficient
special someone; special person; precious one; significant other
to go through; to suffer; to experience (something unpleasant)
to wake up; to awake; to perk up; to awaken (to the truth, etc.); to come to a realization; to come to one's senses
(medical) treatment; care; therapy; cure; remedy
very loose; slowly; leisurely
copy; photocopy; blurb on a book jacket; catch copy
to return to normal; to revert to the starting point; to go back to how it was
shallow; superficial; slight (wound); light (sleep); short (time); early
best one could ask for; just what one wants; welcome (news); heaven-sent
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
cold; frigid; bracing; dignified
to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand
purple; violet; Lithospermum erythrorhizon (species of gromwell); type of soy sauce
change of color; change of colour; fading; discoloration; discolouration
cherry tree; cherry blossom; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder; horse meat
to breathe one's last; to pass away; to die; to expire
twelve; 12; queen (playing card)
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
to cease; to stop; to be over
to run out of; to dry up; to be depleted; to hit the bottom; to bottom out
to get angry; to lose one's temper
thick (of a liquid); muddy; gooey
flesh; meat; flesh (of a fruit); pulp; the physical body (as opposed to the spirit); flesh; thickness
layer; stratum; class; stratum; sheaf; counter for stories (of a building)
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
to move back; to draw back; to lessen; to subside; to resign; to retire
gear; speed (e.g. 4-speed transmission)
slow motion (video); moving slowly; moving leisurely
learning by ear; memory of having heard something before
dealing fully (with); going into (issue, etc.); stepping into; alcove
moment; instant; kshana; duration of a single mental event (about 1/75 second); shortest possible interval of time
to replace; to substitute; to shift; to change places
in deep black; in jet black
(using) one's whole body; (putting in) all one's efforts; (exerting) all one's energies
skewer; spit; skewering; impalement; running through (e.g. with spear)
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
kendo; Japanese martial art using bamboo swords
discharge; outward flow; efflux; leak of (private) information or pictures
source (of a river); fountainhead; source; origin; root
to emit; to spout; to spurt; to boil over
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such