fine food; high-quality food; gourmet; epicure; gastronome
loss; feeling of loss; Los Angeles
to freeze (from fear, etc.); to be unable to move (e.g. from surprise); to be paralyzed (with horror, etc.); to cower; to shrink in on oneself
fighting with real swords; game played in real earnest
exactly; precisely; closely; tightly; properly; without fail
(act of) encouragement; stimulus; incentive
to mourn; to lament; to be sorry; to regret; to repent
anticipation; expectation; plan; preparation
to do together; to share; to participate in
sensitive; alert; aware; susceptible
to get one's breath back; to calm down
thud thud (esp. footsteps); clump clump
slowly; tardily; complaining; grumbling; unsettled (e.g. weather); loose
safety zone; buffer (e.g. against defeat)
to be sticky; to be adhesive; to persevere; to persist; to stick to
to burst (open); to break; to split
to wait for one's punishment; to wait before one gets what's coming to one; (lit.) to wash one's neck and wait (i.e. for one's beheading)
to eagerly look forward to
to lend someone one's shoulder; to support with one's shoulder; to lend a hand; to come to someone's aid
evening; night; dinner; evening meal; counter for nights
receiving; welcoming; going to meet; final call; call of fate; approach of death
congratulation; congratulations; celebration; congratulatory gift; present
wooden frame; wooden crate; wooden pallet
rubbish; trash; garbage; refuse
to become independent; to leave one's hands; to leave one's possession
Shinto shrine precincts; holy precincts; sanctuary
antinomy; self-contradiction; either-or situation; choice between mutually exclusive alternatives
horse gait; way of walking (e.g. in martial arts, etc.)
calmness; composure; presence of mind; stability; steadiness
tasteful; elegant; refined; charming; attractive
(electrical) ground; earth; grounding; touching the ground; landing (an airplane)