down-train; train heading toward the ending point of its route; down-slope; downward going; downbound (esp. away from Tokyo); downstream
(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
mud; slush; (wet) dirt; thief
to coil about; to follow about; to surround; to cling to
to move forward; to move on
optical illusion; hallucination; misapprehension; delusion
to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to
source of electricity; electrical power; power (button on TV, etc.)
to subsist; to keep on living
one mind; wholeheartedness; one's whole heart
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
to gasp for air; to pant; to be out of breath
will not do; do not; does not
something or other; this and that; one thing this, another thing that; blah blah blah
nod deeply; glugging; drinking deeply
just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment
to jar; to creak; to grate
rustling sound; search (esp. a home search by the police)
with a "plop" (of tears, drop of water, etc.)
to pin down; to knock down; to push (and hold) somebody down (esp. with sexual connotations)
clean; hygienic; sanitary; pure; virtuous; immaculate
to rise up (e.g. pillar of smoke); to go up
to be resurrected; to be resuscitated; to be rehabilitated; to be recalled (e.g. memories); to be brought back
to drive away; to clear; to scatter; to disperse
to walk with; to make someone tag along; to carry around (esp. a child); to carry about
pardon; forgiveness; tolerance; leniency; mercy; going easy (on someone)
lukewarm; tepid; disagreeably warm (e.g. bath)
iron (Fe); strong and hard (as iron); railway; railway enthusiast
trembling (with fear, cold, etc.); shaking; chattering (of teeth); coming loose; wobbling
the vertical; height; front-to-back; length; north-to-south; vertical (relationship)
genuine; authentic; true; real
to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie
to spring; to jump up; to fly up; to skip
to be slow; to not make progress; to be inefficient
to hurry (up); to press; to urge on
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
fearfully; timidly; cautiously; nervously
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
worn-out; ragged; crumbling; dry and crumbly; falling (in drops or clumps); scattering
to be disconnected; to get out of place; to miss the mark; to get it wrong (e.g. guess, expectation); to be removed; to be excluded
to sob convulsively; to heave with sobs