to wait expectantly; to await in anticipation
grave; sad; mournful; sorrowful; pensive
stringlike; thready; linear; filamentous; filiform
adultery; misconduct; intrigue; criminal connection
circumference; girth; tour; pilgrimage; circulation (e.g. of blood)
sense of equilibrium; sense of balance
boiling in an iron pot; boiling to death (punishment during the Warring States period)
to span; to bridge; to cross; to straddle
baton (relay, orchestral conducting, etc.)
white horse; unrefined sake
to get out of shape; to lose shape
to be frank; to drop all pretense
stolen goods; loot; spoils
reduced scale; scaling down
obsession with cleanliness; fastidiousness
to get mad; to be highly offended; to get pissed off; to get angry; to lose one's cool
escape from reality; escapism; ostrichism
to hold in one's mouth (without biting, before chewing or swallowing, etc.)
(stabbing) through; (plunging) into
to shoot or fire off an arrow
(a) grain; (a) drop; (a) bead
valley floor; bottom of a gorge; bottom of a ravine
to get late; to advance; to wear on
moratorium; period of grace; extension (of time, e.g. to make payments); postponement (of social responsibility); immaturity; not having developed emotional maturity
no matter what; whatever happens; in any situation; rain or shine