to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
myself; yourself; I; me; you
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
really; truly; indeed; good grief
understanding; comprehension; appreciation; sympathy
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
tightrope walking; high-wire act; funambulism; treading a tightrope; walking on thin ice; pulling a risky balancing act
nerve; nerves; sensitivity
concentration; focusing; convergence; within a collection of works
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
sanity; consciousness; soberness
to wake; to wake up; to become sober; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to be disillusioned
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
by means of; due to; because of; according to
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip
to be injured; to sustain a wound
sword (esp. a large, double-edged one); blade; bayonet; swordsmanship; stinger; ovipositor
to stab; to thrust (into); to plant (in the ground); to stick upright
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
to stick into; to pierce; to run into
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
being too late; losing one's final chance
where; which; anyway; anyhow; sooner or later; eventually
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
to wake up; to awake; to awaken to (instinct, ability, perception, etc.); to become aware of; to come to one's senses
at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence
to shine; to be visible; to be tinged with; to rise (of water levels); to flow in; to be felt (i.e. as an emotion); to come over one
rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)
to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become