return; comeback; reinstatement; carriage return; CR
to subsist; to keep on living
silly person; dumb-bunny; dope
at any cost; at any price; at any expense
directions; instructions; orders; command
to read the situation; to sense the mood
to step forward; to volunteer
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
opposite side; other side; other party
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
hold; catch; connection; relationship; unease; discomfort
exposed; scanty; bare; public; open
ecstatically; spellbound; with rapt attention; abstractedly; absentmindedly; absorbedly
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
nape of the neck; back of the neck; scruff of the neck
crash; smash; bang; sound of a large, heavy object falling
sticky; stiff; tenacious; persistent
astonishment; amazement; surprise; fright; shock
to dash against (of waves); to billow; to roll; to wave (e.g. in the wind); to heave; to pound (of a heart)
to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home
beloved concubine; favourite concubine (e.g. of the shogun)
lovely; dear; beloved; pitiable; pathetic; piteous
satisfactory; decent; good; proper; worthy
to pull oneself together; to collect oneself (after a failure); to regain control (of oneself)
statue; picture; picture revealing character
fruition; fructification; bearing fruit; bearing fruit (of efforts, plans, etc.); coming to fruition; yielding success
difference; discrepancy; variation
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
dissolute; dissipated; licentious; slovenly; untidy; messy
in that way; like that; that way
daydream; fantasy; fancy; vision
amendment; correction; revision; modification; alteration; retouching
to be very far apart from; to be remote; to be quite different from
to all appearances; no matter how you look at it
to accomplish; to fulfill; to carry out
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
to finger; to touch; to play with; to grope; to feel around (in one's pocket, bag, etc.)
in swarms; in clusters; tediously; slowly
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little