vocal message; speech; statement; prologue at the start of a kabuki performance
slowly (but steadily); gradually; bit-by-bit; slowly soaking in; slowly permeating; oozing out
endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint
completely; absolutely; totally; (not) at all
trick that may deceive a child; transparent ploy; mere child's play; kid stuff; puerile trick
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
to spring; to jump up; to fly up; to skip
mincing; chopping finely; short and repeated (movements) (e.g. trembling, stepping quickly); gradual; bit by bit
cavity; hollow; void; hollow (voice, smile, etc.); blank (eyes, look, etc.); vacant (expression, stare, etc.)
to make something bright; to shine; to polish
kimono; Japanese traditional clothing (esp. full-length); clothing; clothes
deep blue; bright blue; ghastly pale; pallid; white as a sheet
fearfully; timidly; cautiously; nervously
to come alive; to get going; to start to move
to listen carefully; to strain one's ears
continuously; from beginning to end; from first to last
to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing
arrangement of stones in a garden
long, slender and well-proportioned; smooth, continuous (movement)
steam; vapour; vapor; steamboat; steam locomotive
ecstatically; spellbound; with rapt attention; abstractedly; absentmindedly; absorbedly
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); proprietress; (arch.) entertaining someone as one's guest
to take back; to recapture
dissolution; dissolving; solution (e.g. chemical); melting; liquefying; fusion
to wear; to be dressed in; to be adorned in; to clad oneself with
tunnel; to tunnel (through a potential barrier); letting a grounder go through one's legs
loss of strength; exhaustion; weakness
overhead; above one's head; high in the sky
with intense concentration; eagerly; intently; devouringly
to spill; to fall out of; to peek through; to become visible (although normally not); to escape (of a smile, tear, etc.)
nailing on; nailing down; being stationary; being rooted to the spot; (price) pegging
dumbfounded; overcome with surprise; in blank amazement; in a daze
greed; craving; desire; appetite; hunger; avarice
happiness; well-being; joy; welfare; blessedness
religious exultation; ecstasy
freezing (e.g. water); freezing (prices, wages, assets, etc.); moratorium; suspension (e.g. investment)
pitiful; heartbreaking; heartrending; touching; tragic; sad