extramarital sex; affair; fooling around; infidelity; wantonness; unfaithfulness
important matter; matter of great importance; serious affair; major incident; emergency
to get back; to regain; to recover; to make up (for); to catch up on
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly; less and less
petrifaction; petrification; mineralization; mineralisation; lithification; fossilization
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
cotton plant (Gossypium spp.); batting; wadding; padding
to get poised again for charging; to toe the mark again; to start from scratch; to get a fresh start (on)
fast-talking; rapid talking
to talk on and on; to rattle on; to keep on talking (without pause)
leaving behind; desertion; abandonment
congestion (with blood); hyperemia; hyperaemia
to swell (from inflammation); to become swollen
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
to stop (plug) one's ears
to crouch; to squat; to cower
to lock (a door, etc.); to lock up
to collapse; to flop (onto)
lying face down; lying on one's face; placing upside down; placing face down
holding a castle (during a siege); holing up; confinement (to one's home); staying at home; staying indoors
point of a spear; spearhead; focus (of one's attack, criticism, etc.); aim; force (of an argument); edge
to say; to speak; to tell; to be called
used to indicate respect for the listener (or reader)
to take a fancy to something; to be moved; to feel inclined to
from afar; over a great distance; all the way
emphasis; stress; accentuating (a feature or certain part); accenting; strong tone (of the market); firm tone
dotage; feeble-minded old man; senile old fool; dotard
the front; honest; upright; decent
you (when referring to one's equals or inferiors)
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together; both
to compete (with each other); to contend for; to vie for; to rival
part of the feet from the ankles to the tips of the toes
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
sound argument; fair argument; just reasoning
crossing swords; competing against; contending with; fighting against
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
mystery; mysteriousness; secret
to feel attracted by; to be fascinated by