rumination; regurgitation; chewing the cud; turning over in one's mind; thinking over something; pondering
beyond help; past salvation; incorrigible; irredeemable
to hide; to keep to oneself
to spend time (on doing something)
to be scorched into; to be seared into; to make a strong impression; to be etched in (one's memory)
to delineate; to draw; to express; to imagine
spinning rapidly; turning quickly; fast-forward (VCR, etc.); scanning
thoughtless; reckless; rash; excessive; unreasonable; immoderate
to throw something to each other; to pass something back and forth; to bandy something around; to take part in a pitching duel
wholesale delegation; hundred-percent subcontracting; leaving all the decision-making to somebody else
rotation (usu. on an axis); turning; spin
uncertain; doubtful; unreliable; unsteady; unclear; vague
angle; square; cube; bishop; third degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Chinese "horn" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); jiao (monetary unit of China; one-tenth of a yuan)
to open some distance (e.g. with other people)
to suspend from; to be suspended (from)
all eyes; public attention
to stop; to quit; to put an end to
self-satisfaction; (self-)complacency; smugness
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
fast-talking; rapid talking
to step firmly; to harden by treading
unpleasant; disagreeable; displeasing; uncomfortable; unhappy
quick pace; quick steps; quick march; trot (horse gait)
to hang down (from); to dangle; to be within one's reach; to dangle (before one's eyes); to be completely reliant on; to be entirely dependent on
mid-air breakage or disintegration
still; even now; to this day
to look away; to avert one's eyes
and yet; though; when; in spite of
(relative) merits; superiority or inferiority; quality
to escape from; to get out
feeling refreshed; feeling relieved
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
staying behind; remaining; residual
(arch.) word; waka (classic Japanese poem, esp. a tanka)
particle; atom; little piece; not at all; not the slightest
to rinse; to wash out; to have one's revenge; to wipe out a disgrace
simple; plain; modest; frugal; reserved
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly