attentive to detail; careful; considerate; meticulous; detailed
to rise; to get up; to stand up; to sit up
well-bred; of good upbringing
last moment; eleventh hour; platform made of dirt used to perform executions (decapitations) in the Edo period
mental preparedness; being braced for; being steeled for
to thrust into; to shove into; to push into; to drive into
by sheer strength; by brute force
spine; backbone; spinal column
panting; gasping; heavy breathing
gelidium jelly strips (made from agar-agar); prostate orgasm
any red algae in the family Gelidiaceae (esp. Gelidium crinale)
freezing weather; cold weather; agar-agar; vegetable gelatin
food; food products; foodstuffs
ramrod; rammer; ram; (cattle) prod; goad
with a wriggle; in a slithering motion; in a squiggle; with a spurt
to crowd out; to push out; to start together; to set out en masse; to highlight; to draw attention to
image (on a screen); picture (e.g. on a TV); video; film; reflection; image (in one's mind)
to go mad; to go crazy; to lose one's mind
burst (e.g. dam, embankment, levee); breach; collapse; washout; rupture
legs and loins; lower body; foundations; underpinnings
tremblingly; having the chills (through fear, cold, anticipation, etc.)
joyful (news, event, etc.); joyous; delightful (e.g. result); pleasing (e.g. sight); gratifying; welcome
pillage; plunder; looting; robbery
half-moon; half a month; semicircle
countermeasure; counter-measure
conference; consultation; discussion; negotiation
irritating; aggravating; upsetting; maddening; infuriating; exasperating
so to speak; so to call it; as it were; in a sense
walking encyclopedia; walking dictionary
to laugh (something) off; to dismiss with a laugh; to pooh-pooh
seal; to seal (e.g. a letter); to affix a seal; to seal up
old friend; old acquaintance
relationship; relation; terms (good, friendly, etc.)