(for the) first time in one's life
rather; sooner; preferably
pain; anguish; distress; suffering; hardship
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
one's heart rate; pulse rate
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
to show signs of ...; to have the appearance of ...
suspension bridge; rope bridge
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice
to reach an extreme; to reach a limit; extremely; to be stuck; to be in a dilemma; to be decided
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
calmness; composure; coolness; serenity; presence of mind
feeling; mood; disposition; mental attitude; somewhat; slightly
meter; gauge; metre (i.e. 100 cm); meter; animator
strongly; violently; quickly; suddenly
to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing
sense of guilty pleasure; feeling of naughtiness
supreme; sublime; highest
perhaps; possibly; maybe; by some chance
through; throughout; through (the good offices of); by way of
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
lifetime; one's whole life; all through life
exposure; laying bare; baring (e.g. skin); (photographic) exposure
erotic; sexy; arousing; risque; sultry
at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case; because
to climb; to clamber (over, up); to scramble (up); to scale; to claw one's way up
anger; offence; offense; rage; taking offense; taking offence
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
magician; wizard; sorcerer; witch
age thirty; one's thirties
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
artificial insemination; intrauterine insemination; IUI
to recommend (someone to do); to advise; to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest; to offer (a drink, cigarette, seat, etc.)
negative statute; law against something
planning; scheming; maneuvering; manoeuvring
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
free translation; liberal translation