needle (compass, gauge, etc.); hand (clock); indicator; guiding principle; guideline; guide
does not; can not; will not
to bring someone happiness; to make someone happy
even if; no matter (what); if; though; although; supposing
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...
pain; agony; suffering; distress; torment
reason; logic; sense; truth; right
clearly; distinctly; evidently; definitely
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
to keep one's mouth shut; to refuse to talk
vast; boundless; vague; obscure
spoiled; half-rotten; decaying
pure; innocent; pure; unmixed; long kimono made from the same plain-coloured cloth
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
grinding; polishing; refining (a skill, knowledge, etc.); applying oneself (to study); disciplining oneself
to deal with (a person); to treat; to deal with (a problem); to handle; to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to deal in
saucer; person (group, institution, etc.) to take over a position or matter; receptacle (e.g. of funds); receiver
tranquility; tranquillity; calmness; serenity; quietness
reverberation; swelling (of a hymn); lingering memory; aftertaste; suggestiveness (of a book, poem, etc.)
to be helpful; to be useful
deviation; departure; (accidental) omission
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
electric shock; blitz; lightning attack; sudden and without warning; shocking
all over the body; from head to foot; all over
to run; to run (of a vehicle); to drive; to rush (to); to dash; to retreat; to flee
smooth; meticulous; painstaking; detailed
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
almost certainly; in all probability; ten to one; near-completeness; near-perfection; ninety-nine percent (finished, etc.)
sudden; abrupt; rapid; sharp; drastic; radical
freezing; turning into ice; freezing; locking up; freezing (in one's tracks); frieze (part of an entablature between the architrave and the cornice)
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
ten; 10; ten years of age
second (unit of time); arc second
light; light (colour, food, comedy, etc.); right; right field; right fielder
Palace of the Dragon King; palace from the story of Urashima Taro (said to be located at the bottom of the sea)
Urashima Tarō; fairy-tale fisherman who, after visiting the underwater Palace of the Dragon King, returns centuries later
a few seconds; several seconds
gossip; corner of the mouth
(not even) an inch; (not even) a little bit; (lit.) one millimeter
awkward (movements, speech, etc.); jerky; stiff; strained (relations); sour
conclusion (of an argument, discussion, study, etc.); conclusion