awkward; uncomfortable; embarrassing
heavy heartbeat; thumping; pounding
heart; guts; nerve; central part
to jump; to leap; to break up; to close; to hit (e.g. to have a car hit something or someone)
quality; value; nature; inherent quality; logical quality
intracerebral; inside the brain; (occurring) in the mind; mental (e.g. image); imaginary
echo; reverberation; response; reaction; repercussions
edge (of a knife or sword); prong (of an electrical plug)
to be hurtful; to resonate emotionally (with one)
to narrow; to reduce; to contract
trot; half run; jog; girl in charge of menial tasks in a samurai family
part-time employer; place where one works part-time
superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding
unconsciousness; unconscious; involuntary; the unconscious (psychoanalysis)
to stop (plug) one's ears
to detain; to check; to restrain
drunken frenzy; drunken violence; person who is prone to violence when drunk
to be worn down; to be reduced
exhausting work; hard work; severe duty
it can't be helped; so it goes; c'est la vie
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
coming and going; recurring (esp. thoughts)
wasteful; a waste; too good; more than one deserves; impious; profane
to come and stay; to drop in; to visit
relaxation (e.g. of muscles); becoming flaccid
to fill; to become full (of); to wax (of the moon); to rise (of the tide); to flow; to expire (of a period of time)
immersing oneself in; being absorbed in; devoting oneself to; giving oneself up entirely to
to like; to love; to be fond of
to cast a shadow; to appear; to loom (of a threat, etc.); to manifest (of symptoms, etc.)
hesitation; bewilderment; illusion; delusion; inability to reach enlightenment
consideration; guess; conjecture; judgment; judgement
bento; Japanese box lunch
one or two; a few; small number
spreading; laying out; security deposit; Japanese mattress
uncomfortable feeling; feeling out of place; sense of discomfort; malaise; physical unease
to enquire of someone about something (inquire); to question; to interrogate; to grill (someone about a matter); to question in detail
look here; I say; well; I know what; I'll tell you what; just a minute
so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here