load; baggage; cargo; burden; responsibility
extreme passion; wild enthusiasm
trudging (along); plodding; slowly and with heavy steps
to whisper; to murmur; to rumor; to rumour
having no idea what will happen; God only knows; there is no knowing; you never can tell
thinly; slightly; vaguely; a little
this and that; this or that; one thing or another; around; about; round about
to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by
reflection; reconsideration; introspection; regret; repentance; remorse
day by day; by the day; (arch.) daily; (arch.) every day
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
to become stronger; to grow in intensity; to grow violent; to invite contributions, etc.; to solicit help, participation, etc.; to recruit (e.g. soldiers)
to cry one's eyes out; to make one's eyes swollen from crying
noisy; loud; much talked of; much-discussed; strict; severe
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
heading; headline; index; headword
to be flustered; to lose one's presence of mind
to sink (e.g. a ship); to submerge; to lower (e.g. one's body into a chair); to floor (an opponent)
companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)
secret; private; surreptitious
to get to know each other; to make acquaintance
trouble; problem; mess; difficulty; nuisance
to lie face down (e.g. on the ground, napping on a desk); to lie prone; (arch.) to lower (one's head, gaze, etc.)
to be landed (of a fish); to be reeled in; to be caught
unusual; uncommon; extraordinary; out of the ordinary; incomparable; serious
one's best interests; one's own good
without; but if; otherwise; or else
kind; courteous; intimate; (arch.) becoming intimate; (arch.) having an intimate relationship (sometimes esp. a homosexual relationship)
opinion; view; comment; scolding; reprimand; rebuke
to explain; to preach; to advocate; to persuade; to prevail upon; to reason with
to make (someone) understand (a fault, mistake, etc.); to reason with; to advise; to try to persuade; to exhort; to admonish
to praise; to extol; to applaud
nimono; food cooked by boiling or stewing
not feeling like doing ...; having no mind to ...; being in no mood for ...; having no intention of ...
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say everything; to tell all
I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt
to listen attentively to; to be absorbed in (listening to)
force; vigor; influence; authority; impetus; impulse
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
to get used to living (in); to live (somewhere) for a long time
achievement; meritorious deed; distinguished service; contribution
(any) more; further; in addition (to this); at this stage; now; now that things have come to this