to take for granted; to assume; to pretend (to be); to pose (as); to go through with (what one decided to do); to persist in doing
moderate (degree); proper (amount); temperate; suitable
to attract attention; to come into the limelight
to change completely; to switch (to); to shift (to another mode)
tune (melody, piece of music)
to dance (orig. a hopping dance)
successively; one after another
whirling; revolving; coiling around; winding around; working tirelessly; working hard
family name; house name; family honour; family honor
based on; on the basis of
big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)
many; a lot; much; multitude
episode; anecdote; vignette
dramatization (e.g. of a novel); dramatisation; adaptation; dramatization; embellishment; exaggeration
to spread; to be propagated
gap; lag; difference; discrepancy; shear (e.g. shear stress)
not feeling like doing ...; having no mind to ...; being in no mood for ...; having no intention of ...
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
railway switchback; twisting backward knee trip
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
sky; the air; weather; far-off place; distant place; state of mind; feeling
clearly; plainly; distinctly; decisively; flatly; definitely
fence; paling; railing; (arch.) fortress
to step firmly; to harden by treading
(out of) desperation; (as a) last resort; (driven by) pain
to weather (a storm, rough seas); to ride across; to get through (adversity); to weather; to load completely (e.g. books on a shelf, people or luggage in a car)
thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words
to pin the enemy down; to glare another down (and render impotent)
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time
to go out and away; to leave
to be doing; to be in the process of doing
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)
to smoke; to smoulder; to be sooty; to be smoke-stained; to smoulder (e.g. a dispute); to smolder
condition; assumption; intention; intent; premise (in logic)
to gaze at; to fix one's eyes upon
to tighten; to press hard
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
stimulus; impetus; incentive; encouragement; motivation; provocation
choking; suffocating; stifling; oppressive; heavy