to deepen; to heighten; to intensify
qualifications; requirements; capabilities
to show signs of ...; to have the appearance of ...
to feel awkward; to feel ashamed; to feel inferior; to feel shy (about doing something)
much less; to say nothing of
by any standard; (not) even as flattery
to forfeit; to confiscate; to call out; to summon
to require much effort; to be hard to do; to be bone-breakingly hard
to roll around laughing; to fold up; to hold one's sides with laughter
to relax; to feel at home
to relax one's mind; to feel relaxed; to become remiss; to cease paying careful attention
surroundings; environs; circumference
3 Japanese feet; waistband; belt; cloth girdle
to have an itch to; to have a craving for; to have an urge to; to have a desire for; to be eager to; to want to
complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression
again; once more; a second time
head; lead; vanguard; first
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
according to; reads; reading; is written; says; states
with a twitch (e.g. an eyebrow); with a dip; with a bob; with a flutter
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement
stairs; stairway; staircase
to blow through; to blow across
the lower classes; the common people
sublime; noble; high-minded
to show; to bare (the teeth)
(logical) true; regular; 10^40; ten thousand undecillion; original; positive
road; path; way; set of practices; Buddhist teachings; Taoism; modern administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido)
a long time ago; in those days
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
to be erected; to be built
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
twice; again; second time