respiratory tract; air duct
to strangle; to constrict
to be hard (to do); to be difficult; to require much effort; to be laborious; to be backbreaking; to have trouble (doing)
to open one's eyes wide (as in fear or anger); to faint
to bite into (e.g. rope into skin); to cut into; to eat into; to encroach; to be wedged (i.e. underwear pulled from the back, driving it between the buttocks)
August; eighth month of the lunar calendar
middle ten days of a month; 11th to 20th day of a month
hot; warm; passionate; impassioned; on everybody's mind; on the radar
to melt; to liquefy; to dissolve (in a liquid); to be soluble (in); to be used up (of money or time); to be wasted
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
nonexistent; nil; none; nothing (at all); bugger-all
mainly; primarily; mostly; largely; chiefly
heavenly nymph; celestial maiden; beautiful and kind woman
flour; meal; powder; heroin
to glitter; to sparkle; to twinkle; to glisten; to gleam; to glint
magic; witchcraft; sorcery; spell
charm; fascination; to charm; to fascinate; to captivate
sunlight; rays of the Sun
reflection; reverberation; reflex; reflexes
cloudiness; cloudy weather; fog (on a mirror, glasses, etc.); cloud (e.g. in marble); gloom; dejection
all over; all over the place; everywhere
first-class goods; A-grade product
failure; collapse; breakdown; (arch.) tear (in clothing, etc.); (arch.) rip; (arch.) split
difficult person; good-for-nothing; pain in the ass (arse)
seppuku; harakiri; ritual suicide by disembowelment; seppuku as a death penalty (where the convict is decapitated by a second as they make the motions to disembowel themself; Edo period)
to bite off; to gnaw through
applicant; candidate; volunteer
finally; at last; in the end; ultimately
to be tired of; to be sick of; to get fed up with
to leave this world; to die
decision; determination; resolution
sultry; sweltering; stuffy; uncomfortably hot-looking (clothing, etc.); stuffy-looking
magician; wizard; sorcerer; witch; mage
pointy hat; cone-shaped hat; pixie hat
act of God; irresistible force; inevitability; force majeure; vis major
to smirk; to grin broadly
(verbal) abuse; denunciation; disparagement; vilification; scathing criticism
disastrous; tragic; miserable; wretched; pitiful; woeful