pressure; urgency; tension; imminence; acuteness
reading partway; leaving half-read
repetition; repeat; reiteration; repeatedly; again and again; continually
lying down and getting up; waking; getting up; living (with); staying (with)
temptation; allurement; lure; enticement; seduction
endurance; perseverance; patience
modern convenience; convenience of civilized life; blessings of civilization
to close up; to shut up (e.g. behind doors); to cut off (e.g. because a deadline has expired); to close off (e.g. subscription list)
direct sunlight; direct rays of the sun
smelling of mold; musty; putrid; old-fashioned; stale; hackneyed
single-minded; intent; determined; wholehearted; earnest; devoted (to)
shall ...; to assume; to suppose
worthy opponent; worthy rival; good match
-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as ...; expresses a command; (arch.) to be; (arch.) indicates completion or continuation of an action
kotatsu; table over an electric heater, with a hanging quilt to retain heat (orig. over a charcoal brazier in a floor well)
to afflict; to torment; to harass; to molest
myself; oneself; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) you (referring to one's inferior)
remarkably; noticeably; visibly; considerably; perceptibly; appreciably
upward tendency; rising trend
to join (hands); to take (each other's hands); to scramble for; to struggle for; to pay attention to; to take notice of
to have an itch to; to have a craving for; to have an urge to; to have a desire for; to be eager to; to want to
likely to do; liable to do; (quite) capable of doing; may (well) do; might do; could do
to work hard; to work diligently; to do one's best; to try one's hardest
to carry off; to run away with; to sweep away; to take entirely for oneself; to monopolize
nowhere; not anywhere (with neg. verb)
irritability; feeling of impatience; sense of uneasiness
remote past; far ago; time immemorial
sunlight; rays of the Sun
to spoil someone's start; to kill someone's enthusiasm; to take the wind out of someone's sails
egoistic; self-centered; selfish
opportunism; double standards; timeserving; expediency
to be reluctant to do; to hesitate to do; to be unable to do; to not be in a position to do
base of the throat; bottom of the neck
to possess (someone; of an evil spirit, idea, etc.); to take hold of; to haunt
to be palatable; to suit one's taste
lovey-dovey; head-over-heels in love
clam digging (at low tide); clamming; shellfish gathering
approval; agreement; support; favour; favor
parasol (esp. one carried in the hand); sunshade