leader; leaders; dotted line; reader (textbook); reader (i.e. a person who reads); microreader
to do someone in; to bump someone off
dwelling; house; home; den (of criminals, demons, etc.); nest
to state; to express; to say; to tell; to mention
magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
end; finish; bound; limit; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)
dull sound; muffled sound
to stand (something) up; to put upright; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to let out; to raise (a cloud of dust, smoke, etc.)
to move off (into the distance); to become distant; to recede; to drift away (from a person, activity, etc.); to distance oneself (from); to become less frequent (e.g. of visits)
slowly; unhurriedly; easily (e.g. in time); well; well (e.g. sleep); comfortably
to awaken; to arouse from sleep; to bring to one's senses; to disabuse (someone of); to sober up; to dampen
before I knew it; next thing you know; when I came to; all of a sudden
feeling heavy in the head; heavy-headed; sick with worry
to shake one's head (in denial)
upper half of the body; upper body
to look around; to survey
deep (colour); dark; strong (flavour, smell, etc.); thick (consistency); dense; strong (possibility, etc.)
precipitation; deposition; settlement (e.g. of sediment)
scaffold; scaffolding; foothold; footing; foothold (e.g. in business); foundation
vibration; to tremble; to shake
one face; one surface; the whole surface; one aspect; one side; (on) the other hand; one broad, flat object
midwinter; dead of winter
to hold; to carry; to embrace (in one's arms)
in the same way as; just like
to lose consciousness; to faint; to black out; (arch.) to lose motivation; (arch.) to get discouraged
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
to be hard (to do); to be difficult; to require much effort; to be laborious; to be backbreaking; to have trouble (doing)
(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount
to step forward; to step forth; to advance; to start; to embark on; to set forth on
to come out; to fall out; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear
depths of Hell; abyss; inescapable situation
just; right; pure; genuine; truth
inverted; upside down; reversed; back to front; wrong way round
to look out over; to survey (scene); to take an extensive view of
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
pitch-dark; pitch-black; completely dark; very bleak (future); utterly hopeless
overhead; above one's head; high in the sky
star (usu. excluding the Sun); planet (usu. excluding Earth); star (glyph, symbol, shape); asterisk; star (actor, player, etc.); dot; spot
to twinkle (e.g. stars); to flicker; to waver; to blink (one's eyes); to wink; to bat
really; truly; indeed; very; extremely; terribly
contradiction; inconsistency
anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly