to press down; to hold down; to pin down
last spurt; final spurt; home stretch
creaking; squeaking; packing in tightly; cramming; hard (pressing, tying, twisting, etc.); tightly
to occupy; to hold; to account for; to make up; to take up
to drive away; to order off; to chase away; to force into an unpleasant situation (bankruptcy, prostitution, suicide, etc.)
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
to hold one's breath; to bate one's breath
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
Mount Penglai; Penglai Island; sacred mountain (e.g. Mount Fuji, Mount Kumano, etc.); Kansai New Year decoration (made from food); Formosa; Taiwan
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
creeping about; stirring restlessly; squirming
to be seen from the point of view of an onlooker
to comfort; to console; to amuse
to crush to death; to stifle to death; to squeeze to death; to stifle (a laugh, etc.); to muffle (one's breathing); to subdue (one's voice)
consideration; inquiry; enquiry; investigation; study
masturbation; self consolation
to twist; to wrench; to puzzle over; to defeat easily
cold; frigid; bracing; dignified
beautiful face; good looks; beauty
lapse of memory; forgetting completely; (consigning to) oblivion
to break a dam; to burst out
as; because; with; due to
scream; shriek; shout; exclamation
gentlemanly; well-mannered; well-bred; gentlemanlike
to bring to naught; to bring to nought; to abuse (esp. another's kindness); to empty; to clear
assimilation; absorption; adaptation; assimilation; anabolism; assimilation (phonology)
high praise; great admiration; rave reviews
to look away (from); to avert one's gaze; to disregard; to ignore; to escape (from); to turn away (from)
chewing; mastication; digestion (e.g. of words); assimilation; comprehension
to become better; to improve
to rise up (e.g. pillar of smoke); to go up
dainty; delicate; slender; fragile (e.g. furniture); delicate; frail
everyday; always; at all times; frequently
tempering (metal); annealing; forging; toughening; disciplining; training
gift; boon; (good) result; fruit (e.g. of one's efforts)
to be rich in; to abound in; to be abundant in; to be rich; to be wealthy
charming; fascinating; voluptuous