to come to nothing; to be spoiled; to be spoilt
given the situation; now that it has come to this; if it comes to this
evil spirits of rivers and mountains
to whirl; to eddy; to be all jumbled together (feelings, thoughts, etc.); to surge; to sweep
lighting up; illumination; floodlighting
retirement; retiring (from a race, match, etc.); dropping out
bulletin board; display board; notice board; electronic bulletin board; BBS
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
sweet voice; seductive voice
to lean over (someone); to bend over; to lean on; to weigh on one; to bear (heavily) on one; to lie on one
warm; mild; (pleasantly) hot; considerate; kind; genial
yoke; constraints; oppression
kana; Japanese syllabary (i.e. hiragana, katakana)
eyesight; vision; visual acuity
five-storied; quintuplicate; fivefold
unsteadily (walking); waddling; staggeringly; totteringly
like a decent person; human
scrubbing hard; scrubbing clean
to rub; to scrub; to scrape
to bite into; to sink one's teeth into; to stick to; to cling to; to hold on to
last (i.e. immediately preceding); previous; pre- (e.g. premodern); before; before; earlier
fat; tallow; lard; grease
chilly; unpleasantly cold
one long straight object (e.g. strand of hair, beam of light, wisp of smoke); a single bloodline; earnest; resolute; (arch.) ordinary; (arch.) common
supreme ruler; conqueror; champion; winner; titleholder
prize winner; pennant winner; victor
small point; knob; protuberance; aloneness; loneliness; solitude
sorrowful (e.g. person, scene, etc.); melancholic
disappearance; running away; going missing; absconding
so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here
outline; summary; argument
what; what kind of; no ...; any; adds emphasis to the preceding word; no
to ask; to enquire; to query
to wake; to wake up; to become sober; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to be disillusioned
to ask a question; to ask questions
death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out
privilege; special favor; special favour; benefit; prerogative; perk
et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth
unthinkable; unexpected; absolutely not!; far from it!; (it was) no bother at all; not at all
indeed; really; truly; very much
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