secret medicine; secret remedy; nostrum; wonder drug; excellent remedy
effect; virtue; efficacy; impression
one night; one evening; all night; overnight
to boil; to seethe; to roil (e.g. waterfall, torrent); to foam; to well up (of emotions); to overflow (e.g. fighting spirit)
passion; enthusiasm; zeal
to take; to carry (something) away; to bear
totteringly; with tottering steps; toddling
skip it; drop it; I've had enough (e.g. when offered something); that's enough
pillow; bolster; introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in
to sleep; to die; to rest (in peace); to lie idle (e.g. of resources); to lie unused; (arch.) to close one's eyes
(in a) long time; long time (ago); while (ago); long ago; long while (ago); (in a) long while
good humour (humor); good mood
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
to seem to be ...; to become like ...; to behave as ...
binding; regulation; limit; binding period (e.g. phone or broadband contract); minimum contract term
yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer
my goodness!; oh my!; oh dear!
heavy flooding; disastrous flood; deluge; great flood (sent by a deity); flood myth
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
to dam up; to hold back; to keep back; to stem (an activity); to check (e.g. progress)
two (long cylindrical things)
year in, year out; always; 24-7
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
with these words; while saying
dainty; delicate; slender; fragile (e.g. furniture); delicate; frail
only; merely; but; no more than
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
Sunday; day (of the month); counter for days; Japan
a little bit; a little while
with a slap; with a pop; without batting an eyelid; generously; cutesy suffix applied to names
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to carry through; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
with a feeling of relief; with a sigh of relief; deeply (sigh)
to sink; to go under; to go down (e.g. sun); to set; to feel depressed; to become subdued
to ask a high price; to overcharge
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
again (and again); once again; yet again; (there you go) again
one side; one party; counterpart; one of a pair; fellow; mate
toes; tips of the toes; toe of a shoe, sock, etc.
to finger; to touch; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby