reliance; trust; faith; confidence
shiritori; word-chain game; word game in which players must give a word starting with the last syllable of the word given by the previous player
sleep-talking; nonsense; gibberish
companion; follower; attendant; retinue
deep sleep; sound sleep; profound sleep
indescribable; inexpressible; unspeakable; indefinable; nobody can tell
long time; long interval; for quite some time
to kick about; to kick around; to scatter (a crowd, the enemy, etc.); to rout
to begin; to set about; to start
everyone; everybody; ladies and gentlemen
bitter smile; wry smile; forced smile; strained laugh
putting on a brave face; put-on cheeriness; pretending one is fine; show of courage; bravado; Dutch courage
to get excited; to get hyped up; to become happy; to get in a good mood
long (time that has passed); old (story)
style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)
splendid; magnificent; gorgeous
slowly and quietly; smoothly
air chair; wall sit; exercise mimicking sitting in a chair; chain of people sitting on each other's laps
to break onto (shore); to wash ashore; to attack
poor (living); barely continuing; just scraping along; very narrow
astringent; bitter; austere; elegant (and unobtrusive); sour (look); glum
deep sea; depths of the sea; ocean depths
sea level; (surface of) sea
shoal; shallows; sand bar; ford
briskly with small steps; trotting
pine tree (Pinus spp.); highest (of a three-tier ranking system)
side; flank; profile; aspect; dimension
scrawl; scribble; graffiti; doodle
summoning circle; magic circle (esp. in fictional settings); magic square
special; particular; peculiar; unique
various; varied; diverse; all sorts of