secret techniques (of an art or skill); inner mysteries; essence; quintessence; heart
ultimate weapon; one's final trump card
to regard (as); to recognize (as); to see as; to pay attention to; to watch
task; (doing a) bit of work; difficult task; hard work
to be dampened; to be discouraged; to be weakened; to be reduced
to coil about; to follow about; to surround; to cling to
to comb upwards; to brush up (a loose strand of hair); to turn up a lamp wick
to shake; to swing; to sway; to shock
to take a breath; to take a short rest
squirrel (any mammal of family Sciuridae); Japanese squirrel (Sciurus lis)
to sing; to chirp; to twitter
to be pretentious; to put on airs
stroke; caress; soft (object); dreamlike (object); tender (object)
to reveal one's true colors (colours); to betray oneself
promotion; raising of status
(degree of) seriousness; level of commitment
this (very thing); this precisely
supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being
one-person show; one-woman show; one-man show; performing solo; monodrama
lunch; (Western-style) single-plate lunch set; plate lunch; launch (boat); motorboat; ranch
to ripen (fruit, grain, etc.); to become ripe
resistance (e.g. to antibiotics); tolerance (e.g. drug tolerance)
indifferent; unconcerned; nonchalant; unmindful; inattentive; careless
lapse of memory; forgetting completely; (consigning to) oblivion
taking a philosophic view; looking at the long term; farsightedness
letter left behind by someone who has departed; farewell letter
something; some kind of; for some reason
suppressed laugh; smile; giggle; chuckle
failed attempt (at a crime, suicide, etc.)
one Nth part (e.g. one fifth, one tenth); one out of N
preconception; preconceived notion; prejudice
to sink deeply into one's mind; to come home to; to go to one's heart; to pierce one's body (e.g. of wind, cold, etc.)
sunlight filtering through trees
story; tale; legend; plot; storyline
simile; metaphor; allegory; parable
stretch; tension; resilience; springiness; will-power; pluck
coexistence; living together