to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
to shiver; to shake; to quake; to tremble; to quaver; to quiver
ecstasy; rapture; trance; senility
for the first time in one's life
consciousness; becoming aware (of); awareness; mano-vijnana (mental consciousness, cognizer of sensory information)
lightly (floating, drifting, etc.); buoyantly; soft; fluffy; unsteadily; flightily
close to the wall; alongside the wall
dubious; puzzled; suspicious
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with
normalcy; normality; normal
glossy (e.g. hair); sleek; shiny; lustrous
getting closer; drawing nearer; being not much different; being near (age, skill, etc.); becoming close (i.e. friendly); becoming intimate
ear; hearing; edge; crust; selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage
suddenly; all of a sudden
to be too late; to be too slow
burst (e.g. dam, embankment, levee); breach; collapse; washout; rupture
to pollute; to contaminate; to soil; to disgrace; to dishonour; to dishonor
to strip someone; to help someone remove (clothes)
to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt
incident; affair; happening; event
half-crying; being on the verge of crying
to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle
to be smart; to be cool; to be sharp; to be stylish
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
bad guy; villain; evildoer; scoundrel
to bite (at); to snap at; to snap at (someone); to flare up at; to jump down (someone's) throat
to shift; to slide (e.g. something away from something else); to move (e.g. something out of the way); to put off; to delay; to postpone
muzzling (a person); preventing (a person) from revealing something; silencing (a person); murdering (a person) to prevent them from revealing something
No Longer Human (1948 novel by Osamu Dazai)
to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
it is, isn't it?; I know, right?; innit?
originally; primarily; essentially; intrinsically; proper; rightful
distant look; faraway look