painful; heartrending; trying; oppressive; suffocating; miserable
growing impudent; becoming arrogant; getting stuck-up; becoming more severe; increasing
to pretend not to see; to turn one's back on
spreading one's legs wide apart; straddle; long stride; big steps; thigh-scooping body drop
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
protagonist; main character; hero; head (of a household); proprietor (of a store)
elevation (of spirits); raising (of morale); uplift; upsurge
by means of; due to; because of; according to
languorous; weary; listless; somber; sombre; gloomy
oh my god!; oh my gosh!; you got me!; wow!
to lean (on, against); to rest (against); to recline; to rely on (someone); to depend on
to stand still (for a while); to remain in one place; to stand alone (of a building, statue, tree, etc.); to stand quietly; to wander about; to loiter
seeming (to be); appearing; apparently
bag; sack; skin of an orange (and other like fruits); dead end; plot of land surrounded by water
of late; lately; this part; this point; here
after that; afterwards; thereafter
discussion; talk; tête-à-tête; conference
deeply impressive; memorable; striking
sentimental; emotional; maudlin; mawkish
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
to curse; to put a curse on; to detest intensely
to fix; to settle; to standardize; constant; definite; uniform
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
war readiness; combat preparedness; readiness for battle
sad to say; how sad; alas
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
to wear (from the shoulders down); to put on; to take (the blame, responsibility); to bear
that kind; competition; match
not funny; not a laughing matter; not a joke
to notice; to realize; to be attentive; to be scrupulous; to regain consciousness; to come to (one's senses)
coarse (texture or grain)
brown; light brown; tawny
inside the House; inside the Diet; inside the hospital
general-purpose item; multi-purpose thing; generic product
way of using (something); way to use; how to use; way of handling (employees, subordinates, etc.); way of treating; treatment
to have one's attention caught (by); to be distracted (by); to be preoccupied (with); to be captivated (by); to be absorbed (in)
bent back; hunchback; stoop
lower half of the body; nether parts
ratio; proportion; percentage
memory (of having seen something or someone before); remembrance; recollection; recognition
behavior; behaviour; manner; attitude; bearing