sweetness; sugary taste; sweets; dessert; cake
monologue; soliloquy; talking to oneself
to bear up in tragedy; to stand pain well; to hold one's temper; to clench one's teeth; to grit one's teeth
shaking; trembling; pitching; disturbance; unrest; agitation
calm; serenity; tranquillity; tranquility
to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn; to pretend; to feign; to affect
pardon; forgiveness; exemption; permission
for the present; for the time being; for a while (from now); for some time (to come)
lodger who pays nothing for room and board; freeloader; sponger
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
to be playful; to gambol; to be amused (with something); to flirt with
storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; storm (e.g. of protest)
to blow violently; to sweep over; to devastate
outrageous; monstrous; appalling; inordinate; overambitious
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
he; she; that person; (arch.) you
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
that night; that evening; over the course of the evening
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
how can (one) do something
to laugh at; to ridicule; to mock; to make fun of; to sneer at
to freeze (from fear, etc.); to be unable to move (e.g. from surprise); to be paralyzed (with horror, etc.); to cower; to shrink in on oneself
weak; feeble; delicate; frail; helpless
by nature; naturally; by birth; inborn
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to do intently
aloneness; loneliness; solitude
beginning of next week (usu. Monday); early next week
to wake up; to awake; to perk up; to awaken (to the truth, etc.); to come to a realization; to come to one's senses
(sleeping) peacefully; quietly; soundly
to cut corners; to be shoddy
amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity
to put to sleep; to lay (something) on its side
being on duty; person on duty
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)