strict prohibition; ban; interdiction
escape; break-out; prolapse; proptosis
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
tip of nose; before one's eyes; under one's nose; tip (of something)
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
to go past (a place or thing); to go beyond
to realize; to realise; to hit upon something
with a scraping sound; with a grating sound; with force; hard; forcibly (carry out); forcefully; hard (e.g. food)
trifling with; toying with; playing with; tossing about (a ship)
in short; in brief; to sum up; ultimately; in the end; in the long run
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation
ecstatically; spellbound; with rapt attention; abstractedly; absentmindedly; absorbedly
to (take out and) show; to demonstrate; to point out (finger, clock hand, needle, etc.); to indicate; to show
unintentionally; unconsciously; by mistake; heedlessly; against one's better judgement (judgment)
to gaze at; to fix one's eyes upon
to jostle; to crowd; to haggle
to bite into (e.g. rope into skin); to cut into; to eat into; to encroach; to be wedged (i.e. underwear pulled from the back, driving it between the buttocks)
what little ... one has; tiny amount of; paltry
never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up
wrong; bad; not allowed; not possible; failing grade
to suck up; to pump up; to siphon off (profits, etc.); to exploit; to take up others' opinions, hopes, etc.
far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
senior high school student
unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)
(outward) looks; features; face; countenance; expression
futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
sound of something making firm contact with a flat surface
act of God; irresistible force; inevitability; force majeure; vis major
to marry (of a woman); to become a bride; to marry into (a family)
to bend; to warp; to lose heart
in spite of; nevertheless; although; despite; no matter the; regardless of
writing off (a debt); cancellation; balancing the books; cancelling out (gains or losses); making even; making up (for)