sea of fire; sea of flame
hard to say; inexpressible; hesitant to say; embarrassing; delicate
substitution (for someone else); substitute; stand-in; scapegoat; sacrifice
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
another meeting; meeting again; reunion
down-train; train heading toward the ending point of its route; down-slope; downward going; downbound (esp. away from Tokyo); downstream
victim; injured party; sufferer
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking
to tighten; to stiffen; to brace; to strain
action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
indicates uncertainty or second hand nature of information quoted
to raise objections; to complain; (to have the right) to say anything
perhaps; maybe; perchance; by some chance; by any chance
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward; gift
to soften; to moderate; to relieve
consequence; outcome; result; blame
to become insensitive; to become less perceptive; to lose one's touch; to get out of practice
to go mad; to lose one's mind; to get out of order; to go amiss; to go wrong (of a plan or expectation, etc.); to fall through
to bring down (an animal, opponent, etc.); to kill; to shoot dead; to shoot down
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)
to furnish with; to equip with; to prepare for; to make preparations for; to possess (all that is needed); to be endowed with
to lean against; to lean on; to recline on; to lie heavy (on the stomach); to be uneasily digested
low table; table with very short legs
soundly (sleeping); fast (asleep)
bathing; to bathe; to take a bath; to enter a bath
last night; yesterday evening
to insist; to assert; to be obstinate in saying
to overcome (opposition); to push past; to force one's way; to press and cut
to lie down; to stretch out; to lie ahead (of danger, difficulty, etc.); to lie in wait
for better or worse; for good and bad; regardless of merit; both good and bad
invention; intelligent; clever; (arch.) making sense (of something); (arch.) understanding
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
personal; individual; private
self-consciousness; self-awareness
hereabouts; around there; that area
(I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); (I) fancy (that)
to resolve; to ready (oneself); to make up one's mind
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)