suffocation; choking; asphyxia
toad (esp. the Japanese toad, Bufo japonicus)
handsome man; looker; good guy; great guy; influential person (esp. in the yakuza); sumo wrestler
spoiled; spoilt; ruined; wasted (chance, etc.); messed up; destroyed
being too late; losing one's final chance
to relax; to make oneself comfortable
vermiculation; peristalsis; crawling like a worm
pillar; post; support; prop; counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.
brittle; fragile; weak; tender-hearted; sentimental; easily moved
to crumble away; to collapse
and yet; though; when; in spite of
trunk; torso; plastron (in kendo); touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo); frame (of a drum, etc.); sound box (of a shamisen, etc.)
fleeting; transient; short-lived; empty (dream, etc.); mere (hope); faint (possibility)
affection; love; fondness; tenderness
sympathy; consideration; (arch.) service; (arch.) labor; (arch.) illness; (arch.) disease
with; by; because of; on account of; on (a day, date); at (a time)
clerical script (ancient, highly angular style of kanji)
slightly; a little; barely; narrowly; only; just
to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully
to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)
to take into consideration; to use one's discretion
to slip out (of words, remarks, etc.); to pour from one's lips; to blurt out
gasping; breathing heavily
slipping out (a chuckle, giggle); unintentionally (letting out a quiet laugh)
to stay bottled up inside oneself; to be introverted; to have a melancholic appearance, atmosphere (of a person, object, place); to have a gloomy appearance
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
to be kind to; to treat kindly
to topple over and lean at a precarious angle; to fall onto something and lean against it; to be on the point of collapse; to be about to fall; to begin to fall
to be solved; to be worked out; to come loose; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. of a ban)
exactly; precisely; just; just (like); as if; as though
infant; baby; little child
to swallow; to gulp down; to understand; to grasp; to engulf; to swallow up
a little while later; for a little while; some time later; for some time; presently
thoroughly; completely; severely; harshly; (arch.) scattered; (arch.) disconnected
to thrust at someone (e.g. a weapon); to point (a gun, knife, etc.) at; to hold up threateningly to (someone's face); to present forcefully (demand, document, etc.); to confront someone with (evidence, facts, etc.); to force upon
to become clear; to be made public
relaxation; recreation; recess
completely exhausted; dead tired; knackered