going straight to the point; cutting it short; as it turns out
completely; thoroughly; horribly; without exception; until there's no untouched (undamaged) part
high-spirited; cheerful; assertive; vigorous
to fall flat; to collapse in a heap
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to collapse into; to flop onto
drawing; painting; picture
to make a sound; to give off a sound; to hear a sound
to rush over; to run up to
complexion; one's colour; one's color; countenance; expression; one's face
deep blue; bright blue; ghastly pale; pallid; white as a sheet
thought; consideration; thinking
to whirl; to eddy; to be all jumbled together (feelings, thoughts, etc.); to surge; to sweep
case (e.g. receptacle, condition, event, legal action, letter style, etc.); Computer-Aided Software Engineering; CASE
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
strained back; slipped disk; lumbosacral strain
strife; riot; (media) uproar; brouhaha; feud; tussle
to state; to express; to mention
transportation; conveyance; delivery; hospitalization; transfer to hospital
to bawl; to cry; to scream
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
appreciation (of art, music, poetry, etc.)
to be a matter of life or death
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
sickroom; hospital room; ward
to create (a sensation); to give rise to (controversy)
originator; ringleader; perpetrator; main culprit; person responsible
to lie down; to stretch out; to lie ahead (of danger, difficulty, etc.); to lie in wait
to grow timid; to cower; to become perverse; to become contrary; to be cramped; to be constrained
to pity; to feel sympathy for; to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to commiserate with; to have mercy on
decisive moment; turning point; critical moment; win-or-bust situation
fetus; foetus; embryo; unborn child
lump of meat; piece of flesh; human body
cool-headed; level-headed; hard-headed
to pity; to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to tend to (e.g. an injury); to care for; to nurse
something heard for the first time; hearing something for the first time
cruelty; coldheartedness; relentless; ruthless
not the time for; not the place for; far from; anything but; ... is out of the question; ... isn't the word for it
desperately; for one's dear life
PC; personal computer; prestressed concrete; precast concrete; polycarbonate; political correctness; patrol car