to take an attitude; to take a stance; to commit oneself; to assume a position
optical illusion; hallucination; misapprehension; delusion
(with a) thump; (hanging) straight down
sitting with one knee drawn up
sense of loss; feeling of loss
to wash away; to rinse off
to turn (one's face) away; to avert (one's eyes)
just before one's eyes; in one's presence; personally
aimlessly; unexpectedly (showing up); slowly swaying; staggering; moving feebly
vigilance; caution; alertness; precaution; being on guard
useless; futile; unnecessary; needless; not on business; unrelated
large drop (rain, sweat, tears, etc.); large grain-like object (grape, cherry, etc.)
(flower) bud; promising young person; budding beauty
to smell sweet; to be fragrant
to stop crying; to cry oneself out
deep pool; deep water; abyss; depths (e.g. of despair, etc.); grip (e.g. of death)
ray of hope; glimmer of hope
in comparison with; when compared with; according to; in light of; in view of
to show one's affection; to express one's love
reason; cause; circumstances
occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom
pet saying; favorite phrase (favorite); stock phrase; manner of talking
otherwise; if not; or else
(more than) enough; too much; bitterly; extremely; keenly
descent; fall; drop; decline; downturn; subsidence
to follow around; to shadow; to tag along; to haunt one (e.g. feeling, failure); to follow one
while alive; during one's lifetime
to spit out; to eject; to dump
with a rustling sound; rippling (of a stream, etc.); murmuring; slurping down (ochazuke); quickly and easily (e.g. write a letter); with ease
posterity; future life; life to come
drawing up (e.g. legal document, contract, will, etc.); preparing; writing; framing; making; producing
unusual event; strange occurrence; strange phenomenon; something abnormal; change (for the worse); accident
record; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); results; to record; to document
to become old enough to understand what's going on around oneself (of a child, etc.); to reach the age of discretion
handshake; reconciliation; joining hands; cooperation
paralysis; palsy; numbness; stupor
tough; stubborn; determined; severely; heavily; hard
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
to be injured; to sustain a wound
to reward; to recompense; to repay; to retaliate; to get revenge