tired feeling; feeling of exhaustion; sense of fatigue; fatigability
final coat (of paint, plaster, varnish, etc.); finish; glazing; adding more of the same (of something negative, e.g. shame)
to pierce; to penetrate; to sting (wound or sensitive area, etc.); to smart; to be infected (with vice); to be steeped (with prejudice)
action; movements; motions; bearing; behaviour; behavior
bar; measure; short pause (in writing); petty principles; minor details
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
the point just before; the point of doing; the verge of happening
guess; conjecture; surmise
how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how
ramen; Chinese-style noodles
to have stiff shoulders; to feel ill at ease; to feel uncomfortable; serious; sober
dashing around on a horse; running around; exerting oneself (for another)
with great vigour; in leaps and bounds; (lit.) with the force of surging waves
explanation; commentary; exposition; elucidation
(one's) skin colour; skin color; skin tone; flesh colour (of a Japanese person); flesh color; pale orange
to return to normal; to revert to the starting point; to go back to how it was
to hang one's head; to look down; to cast one's eyes downward
eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality
to cut apart (cloth, paper, etc.); to sever (ties); to break off (relationship); to cut off (enemy's retreat); to block (road, etc.)
to look (stare) back at (somebody); to look at again; to re-examine; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to look back (behind oneself)
to be about to enter (a bath, etc.)
making noodles by hand; striking a deal; coming to an agreement; killing with bare hands
very hungry; starving; fawning; bowing and scraping; giving in; being dented
self-satisfaction; (self-)complacency; smugness
mature age; advanced age; maturity; age when one is old enough to know better
demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire
to force; to compel; to coerce; to press; to impose
reckless; thoughtless; rash; ill-advised; impulsive; mad (e.g. scheme)
close (e.g. friend); familiar; familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one); close (relatives); closely related
toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything
to one's heart's content or satisfaction
to play with (a toy, one's hair, etc.); to fiddle with; to toy with (one's emotions, etc.); to trifle with; to do with something as one pleases; to appreciate
a little bit; a little while
with a complacent smile; with a smile of satisfaction
storage; putting or stowing away; receipt (of funds, payment, etc.); harvesting
technology; technique; technical
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
secret (recipe, medicine, etc.); mysteries (e.g. of an art)
to do what one is told to; to take someone's advice; to listen to what someone says