pump-priming; rousing; stimulation
atmosphere; air; magnanimity; generosity
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
conclusion; resolution; gathering and bundling; convergence; focusing (e.g. light); convergence
to close one's eyes; to lower one's eyelids; to shut one's eyes; to die; to breathe one's last
series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza
action; movements; motions; bearing; behaviour; behavior
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
hot (thing); passionate (feelings, etc.); ardent; hot (e.g. temper); zealous; enthusiastic; intense
so; accordingly; now; then; thereupon; therefore
door (Western-style, car, etc.)
knock; knocking; fungo hitting; hitting balls for fielding practice
consciousness; becoming aware (of); awareness; mano-vijnana (mental consciousness, cognizer of sensory information)
to break off; to come to an end; to be interrupted; to be cut short; to pause
slowly; unhurriedly; easily (e.g. in time); well; well (e.g. sleep); comfortably
waking up; awakening; arousal; disillusion; disillusionment; awakening
to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to open (for business, etc.); to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
one's weak point; one's sore spot; raw nerve
to wake up; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to become enlightened
to notice; to become aware; to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to recover consciousness; to come to oneself
to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation
to shake one's head (in denial)
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
to be wet; to be moist; to get dim; to become blurred; to become tear-choked
to cause trouble (for someone); to annoy; to bother; to inconvenience
to look out over; to survey (scene); to take an extensive view of
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
how should I put it?; what shall I say?; well, you know; like
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods); medieval times; mediaeval times
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
information transfer; information transmission
speed; velocity; pace; velocity
movement; transfer; migration; mobile; moving; traveling
(means of) transportation; transport; transportation facilities; transportation system; transit system
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
reality; actuality; hard fact
to bring back; to restore
atmosphere; mood; a certain air; presence; (Earth's) atmosphere
departure; departing (from ...); sending; sent (by ...); engine; counter for gunshots, bursts of gas, etc.