gulping down (a drink); guzzling; chugging; sloshing around (of liquid in one's stomach)
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
Eh?; What?; Come on!; Damn!
even; flat; level; calm; peaceful; uneventful
lotus position (meditation and yoga posture); padmasana; sitting with legs crossed and feet placed on opposing thighs
meditation; contemplation
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
to be imminent; to loom; to be approaching; to be impending
on the occasion of; at the time of
daybreak; dawn; gray of the morning (grey); dawn (of a new age)
to shine; to be visible; to be tinged with; to rise (of water levels); to flow in; to be felt (i.e. as an emotion); to come over one
fast (walking); quick; brisk; quick (passing of time); rapid; swift
to push aside; to push one's way through
to run at full speed; to run and run; to try one's hardest
torch (made of pine, bamboo, reed, etc.); flambeau; torchlight
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
getting closer; drawing nearer; being not much different; being near (age, skill, etc.); becoming close (i.e. friendly); becoming intimate
sleep; sleeping; inactivity; death
small pieces; fragments; chopped meat; scraps (of beef, pork, etc.)
sleepy; drowsy; somnolent
sleepless vigil; night watch; vigilance
to become blunt; to grow dull; to become less capable; to weaken; to falter
one eye; one of one's eyes
spirit; sprite; energy; vigor (vigour); fine details; semen
rumor; rumour; gossip; report
to melt into; to dissolve into; to merge into; to blend into (surroundings); to fit in; to adapt to
downheartedly; dejectedly; dispiritedly; despondently
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
in deep black; in jet black
ancient times; distant past; antiquity
imperial tomb; imperial mausoleum
association (of ideas); being reminded (of something); suggestion
innumerable; countless; numberless
rock; boulder; crag; cliff; anchor
to pile up; to stack up; to accumulate
mound; heap; hillock; burial mound; tomb; tumulus
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)