clean sweep; purging; doing away with; eradication
refreshingly; with a feeling of relief; shapely; neatly; cleanly; without trouble; clearly
lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)
to stay at (e.g. hotel); to be docked; to be berthed; to be moored
to be fated; to be linked by fate
on the way back; when about to go back
as a matter of fact; to tell the truth
acutely (feel); keenly; severely; tightly; hard
from the start; from the beginning; from the outset
already; now; no longer; not any more
unique; peculiar; singular
to breathe (heavily); to pant; to gasp; to live
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
theory; reason; logic; (unreasonable) argument; strained logic; excuse
little by little; bit by bit
while; even though; despite
as if nothing had happened
comfortably; peacefully; freely; (growing) quickly
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation
lovely; dear; beloved; pitiable; pathetic; piteous
(jumping) nimbly; light-footed; boing; used at sentence end to affect cuteness
complete picture; panorama; what it all adds up to; bird's eye view; all-embracing portrait; overall perspective
flesh colour (of a Japanese person); flesh color; pale orange; (one's) skin color; skin colour; skin tone
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
horizontally; flat; across; crossways; crosswise
bitter orange (Citrus aurantium); sour orange; Seville orange; orange (color, colour)
to appear ...; to look like ...; to seem ...; to have a trace of; to be tinged with
creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring
to hold back (e.g. emotions); to rein in (e.g. a horse, unruly people); to get the better of; to control; to command
living thing; living creature; animal; life
web (between fingers or toes); paddle; paddle blade
(in the) palm of someone's hand; (under) someone's complete control; (at) someone's mercy
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
mottled pattern; patchy pattern
to wriggle; to squirm; to crawl like a worm
finger; hands and fingers; hands
I; me; self-centered man; egotistical man; pompous man