threshold (esp. one with grooves for sliding doors); sill
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
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
practice field; training ground; driving range; practice hall; rehearsal space
each (person); everyone; individual; respective
to regain one's breath; to catch one's breath
consideration (for); thoughtfulness; solicitude; care; watchfulness; concern
thereupon; shortly thereafter
to cramp; to be cramped; to contract
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
to burn; to be roasted; to be heated; to be jealous; to be envious
to say; to utter; to declare; to name; to call
is it?; isn't it?; be; is
only; merely; just; at most; no more than
10^8; 100,000,000; hundred million
10^12; 1,000,000,000,000; trillion; sign; omen; indication
the people; multitude; masses
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work; book; (a book) by; obvious; striking
quantity; amount; volume; number; amount of money
to become quiet; to quiet down; to quieten down; to calm down; to die down; to subside
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
passionate; fervent; affecting; moving; touching
to make an appeal; to urge
to digest; to break down; to break to pieces; to be able to use; to be good at; to finish; to complete
talk; recital; narration; topic
eye; eyeball; (arch.) pupil and (dark) iris of the eye; (arch.) insight; (arch.) perceptivity; (arch.) look
Milky Way; luminous band corresponding to the plane of the galaxy
pale; pallid; bluish-white
forever; for good; eternally; as long as one likes; indefinitely; no matter what
high tide; high water; full tide
Mr; Mrs; clan; he; him; counter for people
recess; break time; break between classes; free period; recess time; recreation hour
to have tears in one's eyes; to be moved to tears
forgetting; lapse of memory
wrapping; lapping (i.e. grinding, polishing)
to mix; to stir; to blend
cocoa (beverage, cocoa solids); hot chocolate
to cover (smear, sprinkle) (with)
mixture of chocolate, cream and liquor, used in truffles, ganache, etc.
four; four years of age; ten o'clock (old time system); Burakumin; cross grips
division into equal parts; equal parts