breathing; respiration; knack; trick; harmony; balance
to resolve; to ready (oneself); to make up one's mind
just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
to wager; to bet; to risk; to stake; to gamble
irritating; irritated; frustrating; vexing; (feeling things are) not quick enough; (feeling) too slow-going
unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
sour (expression); (lit.) as if having swallowed a bitter bug
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
mixture; jumble; cord made by entwining threads of various colours
inside one's heart; in one's mind
pulpy; soppy; sloppy; untidy; in a disarray
silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction
to get irritated; to get annoyed; to be on the edge; to fret; to lose patience
to spit out; to eject; to dump
to put on airs; to assume importance
to wither (of flowers, dreams, etc.); to wilt; to droop; to shrivel; to fade (away); to sag
on the contrary; far from it; if anything; in fact; instead
way of saying (something); way of putting it; wording; phrasing; language; expression
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
(all) at once; at the same time; in one go; right away; in an instant
promptly; immediately; quickly; indifferently
pillow; bolster; introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in
to breathe out; to breathe; to tell (a lie); to use (foul language); to vomit; to throw up
to play with (a toy, one's hair, etc.); to fiddle with; to toy with (one's emotions, etc.); to trifle with; to do with something as one pleases; to appreciate
to wind around; to wrap around; to coil around
black; black go stone; guilt; guilty person
vivid; bright; brilliant; skillful; skilful; adept
to love; to be attached to; to cherish; to caress
being startled; getting a shock
heat; fever; temperature; zeal; passion
quite; entirely; completely; as if; as though; just like
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
no!; no no!; no, not at all
to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively