frost columns; ice needles
snivel; nasal mucus; snot
inexperienced (in life experience); unsophisticated; inexperienced (in love); innocent; birth-
four-on-the-floor; four-to-the-floor
to be fulfilled; to be satisfied
crushing; squashing; crumpling; squishing; with a smash; with a crunch
to return a punch; to strike back; to hit (the ball) straight back; to plow up; to plough up; to renovate (cotton fabric)
to understand; to comprehend
very much; very many; more and more
to tie; to fasten; to wear (necktie, belt); to put on; to total; to sum; to be strict with
strange; odd; unusual; peculiar
to stop (doing something); to cease; to leave as is; to leave alone; to exclude; to except
end of life; death; breathing one's last
to hesitate to; to waver; to be hesitant about
to come apart at the seams; to be ripped; to begin to open; to begin to bloom; to smile broadly; to break into a smile
stage assistant dressed in black; stagehand; prompter; behind-the-scenes supporter; string-puller
floatingly; driftingly; softly; gently; restlessly; uncertainly
to jump at; to leap at; to fly at; to spring at; to pounce on
(animal) collar; necklace; choker
lovely; sweet; pretty; cute; adorable
Chinese bellflower (Platycodon grandiflorus)
earthenware; pottery; china
to be mixed in with; to blend with
water of life; life-giving water; distilled liquor (brandy, whisky, etc.); spirits; (arch.) semen
gently (of the wind); softly
attachment; adhesion; insistence; tenacity; fixation; obsession
safe (e.g. choice); secure; innocuous; acceptable; passable; satisfactory
discretion; prudence; good sense; judgement; judgment; wisdom
falling (down) unconscious; fainting (and collapsing)
whereabouts; place; location; place where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself
helpless; forlorn; hopeless; unpromising; lonely; discouraging
giving one's name; self-introduction; announcing one's name, rank, lineage, etc. (of a samurai on the battlefield); name given to male members of the nobility and samurai class upon coming of age; Japanese kanji reading used in names
overhasty; rash; premature
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
insisting (unreasonably); obstinate insistence; far-fetched argument; arguing against all reason
to be to the point; to be pertinent