preparation; arrangements
prickling; stinging; tingling
seeing off and meeting on return
part of the garden close to the house; nearby garden
dim; hazy; vague; indistinct; faint; fuzzy
to collapse into; to flop onto
to use to the full (one's voice, energy, etc.); to muster all of (one's strength, courage, etc.); to summon all of; to exert fully; to strain (one's voice)
in a daze; absent-mindedly; dimly; hazily; with a roar (of flames); with a whoosh
laws of nature; physical laws; physics
to be resurrected; to be resuscitated; to be rehabilitated; to be recalled (e.g. memories); to be brought back
to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)
white paper; flyleaf; blank paper; clean slate; lack of prior opinion, positions, etc.; scratch
entry (in a form, register, diary, etc.); filling in; filling out
to begin; to set about; to start
slimy; slippery; greasy; smoothly (of CGI movements, video streaming, etc.)
(powers of) concentration; ability to concentrate
staying up all night two nights in a row; double all-nighter
dawn; daybreak; end; soon after something has ended; beginning (of a new year, month, etc.)
context (of a passage); line of thought; context; environment; circumstances
to get lost; to become lost; to go astray
strength of a brushstroke
to raise; to lift; to boost; to enhance
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
to have a stuffed nose; to have a stuffy nose
blowing repeatedly (e.g. to cool something down); huffing and puffing; puffing and panting; struggling (with work, studies, etc.); having difficulty
exhaled air; exhalation; expiration
to pass from one's lips; to escape one's lips
soft sound; dampening (of sound)
thick; viscous; muddy; dirty (with oil, grease, etc.); to be in an ugly state (of emotions, relations, etc.); to be murky
revolution; rotation; turning; turning (an aircraft or ship)
infinity; infinitude; eternity; infinite; limitless
at this stage; at this point; now (contrasting with the past)
to boil down; to concentrate (soup, milk, stock, etc.); to reach a conclusion; to conclude a discussion
penance; austerities; mortification; asceticism
he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing
to spread one's roots (of a tree, etc.); to take root (of an ideology, etc.)