to step firmly; to harden by treading
barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty
at regular intervals; evenly spaced
to follow; to come along with one; to accompany
to lie down; to throw oneself down
to hit a nerve; to go for the throat; to touch a sore spot
official announcement; proclamation
morale (of troops, team, etc.); esprit de corps
bad influence; negative influence
protection; advocacy; support; to protect (e.g. rights, etc.); to advocate (e.g. free trade, etc.); to support
useful thing; usable article
subject; theme; homework; assignment; task; challenge
carelessly (throwing, tossing, etc.); nonchalantly; casually
flustered; confused; panicked
great (i.e. great-grandson, great-grandmother)
great-grandfather; great-granddad; great-grandad
grandfather; male senior-citizen
uncommon; rare; extraordinary; matchless
to conceive; to become pregnant; to get filled with (e.g. sails filled with wind); to be swollen with; to contain (a contradiction, danger, etc.); to carry (a problem, consequences, etc.)
to swindle out of; to cheat out of; to defraud of; to misrepresent oneself as; to pretend to be; to assume (a name or title)
philandering; itch for women
sensual love; love affair
one end; an end; part; fragment
to take a peep at; to catch a glimpse of
himself; yourself; herself
ruby; ruby character; small hiragana or katakana readings of kanji usually above or to the side of the kanji (esp. used by printers and in ref. to printed material); Ruby (programming language)
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
regarding as sacred; apotheosis; deification; sanctification
white hair; grey hair; gray hair
deep red; crimson; rouge; lipstick
to look (sound, behave) grown-up; to be adult-like; to mature
freezing; turning into ice; freezing; locking up; freezing (in one's tracks); frieze (part of an entablature between the architrave and the cornice)
tolerance; open-mindedness; forbearance; generosity; magnanimity
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
tending to anemia; being somewhat anemic
nuisance money; money paid to make up for inconvenience caused
to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money)