to cling to; to stick to; to lie flat (e.g. on the ground)
to watch steadily; to stare
downy hair; down; vellus hair; lanugo
to get goosebumps; to have one's hair stand on end; to shudder
call; summons; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (arch.) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)
break room; lounge (e.g. in an onsen); resting room
fragment; broken piece; splinter; chip; shard
to chip off; to scrape off; to prune
skin; hide; rind; peel; shell; sheath
muscle fiber; muscle fibre
to wither (esp. plants as winter draws near); to fade; to shrivel; to pass one's prime; to start deteriorating; to begin to decline
to swing; to sway; to shake; to waver; to feel shaken; to become unstable
to twist; to wrench; to puzzle over; to defeat easily
edge (of a knife or sword); prong (of an electrical plug)
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
not ... for nothing; not ... with nothing to show for it; worthwhile; no wonder ...
life story; personal narrative; story of one's life
to divulge one's true feelings; to open one's heart
sometimes; at intervals; occasionally; on occasion; from time to time
palpitation (of the heart); pounding; throbbing; thumping
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
optical illusion; hallucination; misapprehension; delusion
phantom; vision; illusion
denial; negation; negation (logic); NOT operation
tightly (hold, squeeze, etc.); firmly; forcefully (e.g. push); hard
to shut one's eyes; to ignore; to pretend not to know; to die
beat; palpitation; pulsation; throbbing
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
to bring; to take; to bring about
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away
to shine; to glitter; to be bright
one's heart; one's feelings; one's inner thoughts; one's mind