wasteland; wilderness; abandoned land; devastated land
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
entrance; front door; entryway; entranceway; entry hall; vestibule
to mellow (e.g. personality); to be rounded; to huddle; to cower
surprise; astonishment; wonder; amazement
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
to become familiar with; to fit in; to adapt oneself; to get used to; to grow accustomed to
to soothe; to calm; to pacify
cowardly; timid; easily frightened
scolding; rebuke; reprimand; fierce encouragement; exhorting
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
calmness; composure; presence of mind; stability; steadiness
to squeeze out; to wring out
to break a dam; to burst out
to overflow; to brim over; to flood
to sob convulsively; to heave with sobs
to burst into tears; to burst out crying; to begin to cry; to be moved to tears
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
to be forward; to be impertinent
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to emerge
to gasp; to pant; to breathe hard; to suffer; to struggle
slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)
to shut; to close; to block (a street, entrance, etc.); to shut in (with snow, ice, etc.); to shut off; to consume (with negative feelings)
to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)
moment; instant; kshana; duration of a single mental event (about 1/75 second); shortest possible interval of time
to lose consciousness; to faint; to black out
to wake up; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to become enlightened
ceiling; ceiling price; (price) ceiling
to become numb; to go to sleep (e.g. a limb); to get an electric shock; to tingle (from an electric shock); to be excited; to be titillated
muddy water; red-light district
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
eager; earnest; strenuous; fervent; assiduous; with utmost effort
to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake
swaying; swinging; rocking; shaking; wavering; flickering
wherein; therein; thereinto
far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far