pulse; pulse rate; pulsation; stroke of pulse
navel; belly button; protrusion or depression in the middle of an object; center; centre
force; vigor; influence; authority; impetus; momentum
sudden; abrupt; rapid; sharp; drastic; radical
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
second marriage; remarriage
to breathe while sleeping
pillow; bolster; introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in
to be oversized (overloud, etc.)
mother-in-law; foster mother; stepmother
besides; moreover; in addition
to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way
demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire
sleep-talking; nonsense; gibberish
here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up
to fly into a jealous rage; to go mad with jealousy
explanation (e.g. for one's actions); excuse; justification; defense; defence
creak; squeak; creaking; discord; strife; friction
fall; decline; lowering; deterioration; degradation
sudden rise; steep climb; zoom; trending
taking no notice (of); thinking nothing of; disregarding; not aware of; completely ignoring; being out of consideration
restoration; rehabilitation; recovery; recovery (from an illness); recuperation; convalescence
according to; by (means of); due to; because of
for a while; for some time; for a period
to knock down; to beat up (till unable to stand)
one after another; in succession
astonishing; amazing; surprising; wonderful
principal offence; principal offense; principal offender
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
opposite; opposition; versus; vs.; to (e.g. "winning a game five to three"); equal footing
material; substance; matter
to knock down; to beat (someone) up; to injure (someone) so badly they cannot recover (esp. emotionally); to overwhelm (with mental anguish, etc.)
instability; insecurity; crankiness
mankind; the human creature; fellow creatures