being well versed (in); being well acquainted (with); being familiar (with); (a boy's) first ejaculation; spermarche; semenarche
to twine around; to twist around; to coil around; to pester; to hassle
to crumble away; to collapse
in person; personally; directly
(giving) instruction; initiation
to underrate; to belittle; to look down on; to despise
to tailor; to make (clothing); to train; to bring up; to make it seem like; to pass off
to live through; to survive
essence; true nature; substance; reality
now rejoicing, now worrying; swinging from joy to sorrow; glad and sad by turns; alternating hope and fear; unable to put one's mind at ease
to struggle in the water; to sink below the surface and become unable to breathe; to (nearly) drown; to indulge in; to lose one's head over something; to be addicted
to regard (as); to recognize (as); to see as; to pay attention to; to watch
to lay the blame on; to put the fault on
setting the table; laying the table; setting up; getting one's ducks in a row; running interference
to face (each other); to be facing; to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to receive (a client, etc.); to compare with
to burst (open); to break; to split
laws of nature; physical laws; physics
to lean over (someone); to bend over; to lean on; to weigh on one; to bear (heavily) on one; to lie on one
single; solo; solitary; just one; only one
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)
unheard-of; unprecedented; unparalleled in history (unparallelled); record-breaking
innermost depths of one's heart
to entrust (a matter) to; to leave to; to abandon oneself to (e.g. pleasure); to yield to (e.g. anger); to devote oneself to
to step firmly; to harden by treading
dazzling; glaring; dazzlingly beautiful
shape; form; appearance; state; situation; suitable
horseplay; fooling around
social awareness (e.g. in fiction)
self-satisfied look; triumphant expression
acceleration; speeding up
lower tier; lower step; lower column; low position (of a sword in kendo, etc.)
origin; beginning; variable measure of fabric (28.8 cm in width); for kimonos: at least 10 m in length; tip; extremity
direction; orientation; suited to; suitable for; tendency; inclination