(unpleasant) state of affairs; predicament; mess
whispered conversation; whispering
eeny, meeny, miny, moe; eenie, meenie, minie, moe
position in a game of go or shogi; state of the game; aspect of an affair; situation
unable to resist; unable to suppress
is never the case; has never happened
another thing; other things; another man's property
proverb; saying; aphorism; maxim
to become completely chilled
endurance; perseverance; patience
peremptorily; willy-nilly; forcibly
to be confused; to be bewildered; to be taken aback
by all means; by all costs
gauge; standard; length; size; (measuring) rule; scale
safe (e.g. choice); secure; innocuous; acceptable; passable; satisfactory
to hold one's breath (in fear, anxiety, etc.)
to scorn; to despise; to hold in contempt; to look down on; to disdain
presumably; it seems that ...; I guess that ...; I suppose that ...; one could infer that ...
bright green; chartreuse green
hypostasis; locative (case); adessive
to grab at; to grasp at; to clutch at
every evening; night after night
rumbling; (ringing) cadence
leisurely; slow; deliberate; easygoing
distortion; falsification; perversion
benefit; use; good; profit; gains
Japanese beech (Fagus crenata); Siebold's beech
to tear; to rip up; to cut up; to cleave; to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers); (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye
to run out of breath; to be short of breath; to run out of steam; to be unable to continue; to die
physical weariness; sense of fatigue; washed-out feeling
loss (of weight or volume, e.g. in transit); ullage; outage; decrease (in value); reduction
since one's birth; in one's whole life; all one's life
shape of a globe; globe shape; spherical
to chase away; to drive away; to drive out
flickering; flashing on and off; glaringly (bright); painfully (bright); prickling (pain)