sensitive; alert; aware; susceptible
depths; deep place; bottom (of one's heart)
subtleties; niceties; fine points; subtle; sensitive
successive generations; successive emperors
to torment; to pain; to inflict (physical) pain; to harass; to cause (emotional) pain; to afflict
sudden; abrupt; rapid; sharp; drastic; radical
second; number two; runner-up
conflict; fighting each other
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
one breath; time of one breath; pause; break; (doing in) one go; doing without stopping
to cheer up; to be encouraged (by); to be in high spirits
to feel comforted; to be in good spirits; to feel better; to trifle with; to fool around with
to lament; to grieve; to regret; to deplore
circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle
to tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, hair, bills, letters); to bundle; to govern; to manage; to fold (one's arms); to put together (one's hands)
extinction; extermination; eradication; stamping out; wiping out
unprecedented; unheard-of; record-breaking
to stake; to risk; to bet; to wager
fantasy; illusion; vision; dream
mishearing; (feigned) deafness; homophonic translation of song lyrics for comic effect
remote past; far ago; time immemorial
to be delirious with fever; to have a feverish dream; (fig.) to be crazy about something
middle-aged man; Buddhist priest
stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; clumsy; unskilled
superscription (on a letter, parcel, etc.); address; overwriting (data, file, etc.)
emotional strength; force of will
describing; comparing; form; figure; personal appearance; one's face and figure
just like; the same as; no different than
unprecedented; never seen before
one of these days; someday; one day
to intimidate; to frighten; to scare; to threaten (e.g. peace); to jeopardize; to endanger
fortuitous; luck; windfall; godsend; good fortune
in order to; for the purpose of; must; should
left breast; left side of the chest
stubbornness; obstinacy; disposition; nature; appetite; desire
closing in on (the enemy, first place, etc.); coming close to; pressing hard; pressing hard (e.g. with a question); taking to task; grilling
as if ...; as if to say ...; as though ...
layman (esp. as opposed to a Buddhist monk); laity; local manners; modern customs; common; popular
putting one's life on the line; giving everything one has got; acting out of desperation
suicide bombing (e.g. crashing one's plane into a target); self-destruction; blowing oneself up
afterlife; the next world; the world beyond
to mix with; to be mixed; to be mingled