unnecessary; not needed; not necessary
long, slender and well-proportioned; smooth, continuous (movement)
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
exposed; scanty; bare; public; open
operating together; working together; being linked (to); being tied (to); being connected (with); interlocking
to appease; to suppress; to calm
on the surface; ostensibly; superficially; apparently
pressure; urgency; tension; imminence; acuteness
nothing but; none other than
prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
dim light; faint light; half-light of early morning; twilight
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
sweet (voice, fragrance, etc.)
opposite; reverse; contrary
(nearly certain) death; extremely dangerous place (or situation) from which one might not return alive; proper place to die; dilemma; predicament
to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip
to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt feelings; to get damaged; to get chipped
as ... as one can; as ... as possible; as much as possible
to admonish; to persuade; to warn; to remonstrate
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
intracerebral; inside the brain; (occurring) in the mind; mental (e.g. image); imaginary
to notice; to become aware; to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to recover consciousness; to come to oneself
to shake off; to throw off
to fall on one's backside
simmering; (boiling) gently
what is it (that); the meaning of something; what something is about
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
disorder; confusion; clutter; mess; muddle; disarray
to rant and rave; to raise hell
to collapse into; to flop onto
backward glance; sidelong glance; faceless ghost with an eye in its rump
discovery; detection; finding
to be sad; to mourn for; to regret
end; verge; extremity; miss; failure; blank (e.g. lottery ticket)
to strain; to stretch; to string up; to cover over (e.g. with tiles, ice, etc.)
foolish; idiotic; stupid; ridiculous; absurd
growing light (e.g. at dawn); pale; appearing dumb; talking in an obvious way
to do ... incessantly; to do ... hard; (arch.) to happen repeatedly; (arch.) to happen over and over again
sputtering; smoldering; repeated thrusting into something (sword, needle, etc.); pricking repeatedly
drop of water; vessel for replenishing inkstone water