precious; valuable; priceless; noble; exalted; sacred
desperation; despair; self-abandonment
state (of mind); mental state; field (of activity); one's lot; circumstance; place
straight; straightforward; direct; straight (wins, sets, etc.); straight (liquor); neat; entering university right after graduating high school
lifeline; safety rope; safety tether
(nearly certain) death; extremely dangerous place (or situation) from which one might not return alive; proper place to die; dilemma; predicament
vast; boundless; vague; obscure
sharp, loud rebuke; bark; roar; rebuke used in Zen to achieve enlightenment
general mobilization; full mobilization
to struggle for; to compete with; to vie with
pressure; compression; pressing
to slouch; to stoop; to bend forward; to lean forward
intermittence; being intermittent; occurring intermittently
angle; square; cube; bishop; third degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Chinese "horn" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); jiao (monetary unit of China; one-tenth of a yuan)
to emboss; to print out; to print; to work out (e.g. policy); to hammer out; to strike (a drum indicating the end of a performance)
firmly; solidly; sturdily; strongly; toughly
shaking (e.g. a container); milkshake; shake
joint; link; knot; tie-together point
exercise; physical training; appeal; campaign; motion; movement
curved; forming the shape of an arch
spine; backbone; spinal column
to break onto (shore); to wash ashore; to attack
adhesion; glueing; gluing; bonding; binding; adhering
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
part of the feet from the ankles to the tips of the toes
slowly (but steadily); gradually; bit-by-bit; slowly soaking in; slowly permeating; oozing out
feeling of dread; awful feeling; sense of fear
to be worm-eaten; to be eaten by worms; to affect adversely; to spoil; to ruin
madness; craziness; insanity
moment by moment; hour by hour
shivering; trembling; shuddering; shaking
to die down (storm, anger, conflict, etc.); to calm down; to be at peace; to be governed well; to subside (of pain, symptoms, etc.); to be alleviated
(and) then; and; thereupon; in that case; then; so
atmospheric current; air current; airflow
to whirl; to eddy; to swirl; to whirl around (of feelings, thoughts, etc.); to swirl around; to surge
to keep in pace with; to keep up with; to follow (someone's thought); to understand
labor; labour; toil; trouble; pains; work
to add (numbers); to add (something); to top up (with something); to take care of (e.g. one's business)
to catch fire; to be ignited; to ignite; to flare up (of an emotion, controversy, etc.); to blaze; to be ignited (of a dispute, commotion, etc.)
clean sweep; purging; doing away with; eradication