to try and draw someone out; to fish for information; (for a shrine maiden) to present water to spirits while invoking them; to offer water before a grave
inversion; opposition; conflicting; repulsion; contradiction
to look (sound, behave) grown-up; to be adult-like; to mature
How do you do?; I am glad to meet you
death; mortality; to die; to pass away
inconsistency; discord; conflict; discrepancy; contradiction; failure
dead end; cul-de-sac; blind alley; end; end of the road; end point
with a shiver (down one's spine); with a sudden chill
usurpation; taking back; dispossession
creation; generation; formation; derivation
in this manner; in this way; like this
physical weariness; sense of fatigue; washed-out feeling
sorry; apologetic; remorseful
to give; to offer; to lift up; to hold up; to raise
independence; self-reliance; independence (e.g. of a nation); freedom; separation; isolation
right of access; access permission; access right
to be mixed together; to be blended; to intermingle; to commingle
to shake; to waver; to tremble
having served one's purpose; being finished (with); business settled
to take advantage (of somebody's weaknesses, carelessness, etc.); to impose on
older brother; elder brother; brother (as older-brother figure in friendly and or work relationship); young man; buddy
calculation; self-interest; selfishness
to apologize; to apologise
head-on; to one's face; squarely; directly; flatly (e.g. refuse)
to freeze (of one's body); to be frozen; to become numb (with cold); to be chilled
just because; even if; even though
slightest connection; slender connection; sliver (e.g. of hope); one thread
to dribble; to spill; to suspend; to hang down; to slouch
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am; older girl
to revive; to come to oneself; to be restored to life
to be choppy (of waves); to be rough; to wave (e.g. in the wind); to beat fast (of a heart); to be in turmoil; to be in discord
younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice
somehow (or other); for some reason; without knowing why; something (or other); some ... or other
affection (esp. parental); love; fondness
foreign substance; foreign body; strange object; unusual object; (arch.) dead body; (arch.) corpse
maliciousness; ill will; noxious gas; (arch.) (vengeful) ghost; (arch.) specter
ramming attack; hurling oneself (at); throwing oneself into (e.g. a role); going all out
to burn completely; to consume (by fire); to burn to nothing; to burn to the ground; to reduce to ashes