living flesh; flesh and blood; living (human); raw (flesh, esp. fish)
to put one's life on the line
moment by moment; hour by hour
called; known as; that; to say
honest to a fault; foolishly honest; naively honest
to slide; to glide; to slip; to skid; to be slippery; to fail (an examination); to lose (a position)
cloud of sand (dust, etc.)
to make good use of one's spare moments; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)
unable to move; dead in the water; completely helpless
to lose focus; to let one's mind wander; to relax one's attention
to be extremely cautious; to be as sure as sure can be; to make assurance doubly sure
innermost depths of one's heart
to fall below (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to be less than; to be lower than; to fall just short of; to be just under
spiced sake (served at New Year's)
charred; burnt black; scorched black
until something reaches the very limit; until the very last minute; up to the breaking point
sweat; perspiration; moisture; condensation; gulp; oops
not funny; not a laughing matter; not a joke
a pair (of shoes or socks)
to want; to wish for; (arch.) to request; (arch.) to demand; (arch.) to seek; (arch.) to search for
super-; ultra-; extremely; really; of course; definitely
to sink (into); to get depressed
loafing; indolent; lazy; hey
(hard) candy; toffee; rice-sugar; sugar made from the starch of rice, potatoes, etc.; amber; yellowish-brown
to assign; to allot; to divide among; to distribute; to prorate; to assess
noise (usu. unpleasant); interference (e.g. radio); static; gossip; irresponsible criticism
so; accordingly; now; then; thereupon; therefore
mineral vein; underground water channel
stock; inventory; stocking up (e.g. on food); (soup) stock; stock; share; stock (point-in-time economic quantity)
correspondence; communication; transmission; news; signal; telecommunications
irregularity; abnormality; change of tone; transposition; modulation
to cause; to induce; to bring about; to produce
space; interval; space character; whitespace
severe; harsh; hard; cruel; rigorous
rising up (of smoke, clouds, etc.); towering; plump; chubby; welling up (of an emotion); boiling up