pressure; urgency; tension; imminence; acuteness
to rise gradually; to rise slowly; to come up from below the stage (by being lifted up on the stage elevator)
definite; final; decisive; conclusive
heart-wrenchingly; with a thrill in one's heart
contraction; shrinking; shrinkage; constriction; deflation
deep sleep; sound sleep; profound sleep
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
slight; minor; trifling; considerable; proper; decent
to warm up to; to become enthusiastic about; to be elated
fraction; odd sum; odd money; small change; (arch.) low class female servant
to get into a panic; to be flustered; to panic; to get in a flap
out of character; unlike one
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
on the contrary; far from it; if anything; in fact; instead
embarrassed smile; embarrassed laugh; bashful smile
drunkenness; intoxication; motion sickness; travel sickness
to wake; to wake up; to wear off (of drunkenness, anaesthesia, etc.); to regain consciousness; to come to one's senses; to be disillusioned
Sukhavati (Amitabha's Pure Land); paradise; heaven on earth
to wake up; to awake; to awaken to (instinct, ability, perception, etc.); to become aware of; to come to one's senses
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow (i.e. bending of the body); bowing; reward
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that ...
already; previously; before; undeniably; unmistakably
to hold; to carry; to embrace (in one's arms)
rapidly; quickly; briskly; booming (e.g. of a drum)
neck; head; dismissal (from a job); firing
to use one's influence; to pull strings; to take measures; to make the necessary preparations
to mature (esp. by fermentation); to ripen (e.g. wine, cheese); to be properly aged; (arch.) to rot
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)
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
in and out movement (esp. during intercourse); pistoning
sensitive; alert; aware; susceptible
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
patience; forbearance; endurance; forgiveness; pardon
by myself; in person; by oneself
degree; extent; (health) condition; state of health; adjustment; moderation; addition and subtraction
to turn inside out; to evert
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
switching on and off (of a light); flashing; blinking; flickering
to burst open; to pop; to split
to grow senile; to be childish with age; to be mentally slow; to be befuddled; to play stupid; to say something stupid (oft. on purpose; esp. as part of a comedic routine)
to relax one's efforts; to let up; to let one's guard down