opposite side; other side; other party
therefore; consequently; accordingly; for that reason
bust-waist-hip measurements; vital statistics
fortune-telling; divination
ball (for sport, games, etc.); kemari; type of football played by courtiers in ancient Japan
to be turned inside out; to betray; to double-cross; to break into falsetto; to crack into falsetto
insect; bug; worm; roundworm; one's emotions; one's feelings; nervousness
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
extinguishing; dying out (of a fire); putting out
feeling of happiness; sense of well-being; euphoria
flowery words; rhetorical flourishes
to decorate gaudily; to overdecorate; to deck out; to embellish
first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface
to repent; to regret; to be sorry; to rue
to be overcome with emotion
undulation; winding; meandering; swell (of waves); surge; billow
to sob; to be choked with tears
to put on airs; to assume importance
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
resistance (e.g. to antibiotics); tolerance (e.g. drug tolerance)
to lay waste; to devastate; to invade; to break into; to troll (e.g. web forums); to spam
power; might; authority; spirits; vigor; vigour
to writhe; to squirm; to wriggle
long metal chopsticks (for handling charcoal, esp. in a brazier); fire tongs
look!; there!; here!; that is
grater (esp. the variety used in Japanese cooking to grate foods very finely)
everywhere; all over; throughout
to scatter away; to vanish
breath; sign (of something new and fresh); breath (of spring, fresh air, etc.); vitality
papier-mâché tiger (toy with a loose, wobbly head); paper tiger; someone (or something) who is all bark and no bite; man of straw
to flare up; to burst into flames
to swoop down upon; to fly down; to alight
willow (any tree of genus Salix); weeping willow (Salix babylonica)
whistling sound; wheezing sound; sound of the wind; wuthering; howling; soughing
laws of nature; physical laws; physics
to raise; to lift; to hang up; to raise prices (artificially, deliberately)
more than most people; more than other people; compared with other people; more than others
way to die; means of dying; quality of one's death