kneeling down on the ground; prostrate oneself
careful consideration; deliberation; thinking over carefully
end; tip; end (of the year, month, etc.); close; youngest child; descendants; offspring
arrest; apprehension; capture
being resented (by someone one holds resentment towards); thinking ill of a person based on a misunderstanding; unjustified resentment caused by a misunderstanding; responding to kindness with resentment
interference; meddling; butting in
to take someone's life; to kill someone
real experience; actual observations
confession; acknowledgement; confession of love; professing one's feelings; confession of sins (e.g. the confessional)
pathological; morbid; unhealthy; diseased; unwholesome; abnormal
longing; yearning; aspiration; adoration
embrace; hug; holding in one's arms
elevation (of spirits); raising (of morale); uplift; upsurge
standing tall; towering; soaring
stepwise; one step at a time
fidelity; truth; authenticity; credibility
to thrust into; to shove into; to push into; to drive into
of no concern; nothing; trivial; (lit.) not even a fart
stagnation; deposit; sediment; faltering; hesitation; pause
to give an answer; to find an answer to a question; to work out a solution
recompense; indemnity; atonement
focus (e.g. photographic); focal point
apathy; indifference; listlessness; athymia
to instruct; to tell to do; to ask to do; to order
template; run of the mill; formulaic
unconfirmed; unidentified
aquatic (life); living in the water
(one's) older sister; (one's) elder sister; girl
as a child; when one was a child; childhood
to stagnate; to settle (at the bottom); to deposit; to become sluggish; to become dull; to be delayed
feeling of transparency; sense of translucence
fortitude; firmness of character; hardihood; manliness
last moment; eleventh hour; platform made of dirt used to perform executions (decapitations) in the Edo period
curse; spell; malediction
oath; vow; pledge; covenant
to cite as an example; to refer to; to quote
depending on the situation; should time and circumstances permit
to part from; to part company with; to split with; to break off relations with
without leaving any trace