to have one's heart stop beating; to be shocked; to be staggered
to spoil someone's start; to kill someone's enthusiasm; to take the wind out of someone's sails
to sprain; to twist; to dampen (enthusiasm); to discourage; to dishearten
interest; eagerness; enthusiasm
projecting part (of a headland, etc.); moment of departure; (on the) point of going out; outset; start
to escape; to make one's getaway; to manage to get away
to subsist; to keep on living
lifeboat; friend in need; helping hand; timely help
escape; flight; running away; elopement; fleeing
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
more haste, less speed; slow and steady wins the race
table; desk; counter for tables, desks, etc.; offering table before an altar (sometimes used in tea ceremony); tabletop incense burner
turning round; going around; turning about; surrounding; encircling
wind direction; situation; way things are going; mood; temper
to believe implicitly; to believe firmly; to believe entirely
for oneself; for one's own sake; on one's own account
ahead (of); before; slightly earlier
cherry tree; cherry blossom; light pink; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder
to freeze (of one's body); to be frozen; to become numb (with cold); to be chilled
(death from) starvation; starving to death
to impress; to move one's heart; to touch (a person's heart)
stealth; travelling incognito (traveling); ninjutsu; ninja; sneak theft; sneak thief; tolerance
plan; meter; measuring device; (in) total; total (of)
the whole sky; the firmament; the heavens; the empyrean
spire; steeple; pinnacle; minaret
Buddhist priest; monk; boy
great distance; thousands of miles; (lit.) ten thousand ri
prohibition; ban; embargo
every (usu. with events, e.g. every weekend); each
way; method; means; (technical) specification
to do coherently (e.g. explain, think); to lay out logically (e.g. one's argument); to reason through (a matter); to do with reason
kneeling down on the ground; prostrate oneself
sitting down; sitting up; sit!
direct appeal; direct petition
to be a matter of life or death; to be life-threatening
to break a promise; to go back on one's word; to renege
eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality
palm tree (any tree of family Arecaceae)
whole; entirety; to begin with; in the first place; ... the heck (e.g. "what the heck?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?")
moment by moment; hour by hour