exhaustion; consumption; using up; dissipation; waste
practice; practising; training; study
foundation; base; basis; from the beginning; from the outset; by nature
affectation; pretension; thin veneer; blunt sword with a tempered steel edge
(not) in any way; in no way; at all; terribly; awfully; hopelessly
solid; firm; stout; burly; strong; sturdy
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be
practical use; application; making good use of; conjugation; inflection
region; limits; stage; level
absorption; giving undivided attention; devoting oneself (to)
expectation; anticipation; purpose; intention; others' opinions of one; speculation
instruction; teaching; guidance; informing
simple; plain; uncomplicated; straightforward; simple-minded; naive
(of skin) to peel off (e.g. from sunburn); to improve; to become more refined
only; merely; but; no more than
step; stride; counter for steps
to penetrate; to sink in; to devote oneself (to); to do intently and exclusively; to do throughout (e.g. the night)
autumn zephyrlily (Zephyranthes candida); white rain lily; strings of beads hanging across a doorway; bead screen
hail (esp. hailballs under 5 mm); graupel; dicing; small cubes; roasted mochi pieces (usu. flavoured with soy sauce, etc.)
little finger; pinky; fourth (occ. fifth) finger; little toe
pinky swear (i.e. linking little fingers to confirm a promise); pinky promise
middle of the night; dead of night
creak; squeak; creaking; discord; strife; friction
to sense; to infer; to gather; to pick up on; to get wind of; to perceive
to push aside; to thrust aside; to brush aside; to reject; to remove; to take out
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
silence; stillness; quietness
recognition; awareness; perception; understanding; knowledge; cognition
deep sleep; sound sleep; profound sleep
to lean over (and cover with one's body); to bend over (someone); to (stand tall and) lean on (someone); to weigh on one; to bear (heavily) on one; to lie on one
a little; some; somewhat; amount; quantity; number
to shave off; to scrape off
everyday life; daily life
to cry out in one's sleep (e.g. from having a nightmare); to moan (in anguish) in one's sleep
rising (from one's bed); getting up; getting out of bed
to cling to; to stick to; to lie flat (e.g. on the ground)
bottom; sole; depths (e.g. of despair, the sea); bottom (of one's heart); limit; end
to suffer; to groan; to be worried
to wake up; to awake; to perk up; to awaken (to the truth, etc.); to come to a realization; to come to one's senses