one's last moments; death throes; agony of death
disappearance; vanishing; loss; dying away; wearing off
to be anxious or concerned about; to ponder (anxiously); to fear; to investigate; to consider; to plan
concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial
aid; assistance; help; cheering; rooting (for); support
each time; every time; whenever (something happens); on the occasion of
to glitter; to glisten; to sparkle; to twinkle; to glare; to gleam
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
poor; pitiful; piteous; pitiable
to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size
to rub; to pat; to stroke; to massage
to rise high (of water); to overflow; to swell; to be filled with (emotion, energy, etc.); to be bursting with; to be brimming with
for the present; for the time being; for a while (from now); for some time (to come)
series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza
people; men and women; each person; everybody
backward glance; sidelong glance; faceless ghost with an eye in its rump
sneakily; secretly; stealthily; on the sly
hair pulled tightly back in a bun
hot; warm; passionate; impassioned; on everybody's mind; on the radar
collar; lapel; neckband; nape of the neck; scruff of the neck
along; parallel to; in accordance with
yearning; longing; aspiration; adoration; admiration
return; comeback; reinstatement; carriage return; CR
government office building
last week; the week before
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
wet; moist; soft-hearted; tender-hearted; sentimental
distant view; looking from a distance; good long distance vision; farsightedness
glance; look; glimpse; complete view; bird's-eye view
neighbourhood; neighborhood
last resort; desperate measure taken under pressure of necessity
to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone
distinctly (standing out); clearly; in sharp relief; boldly
imagination; supposition; guess
trot; half run; jog; girl in charge of menial tasks in a samurai family