the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
stimulus; impetus; incentive; encouragement; motivation; provocation
in general; generally; mostly; gist; point; main idea
approval; agreement; support; favour; favor
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
to side with (someone); to support (someone)
at the critical moment; when the time comes; when it's most important; when necessary; in an emergency; when push comes to shove
determination; resolution
to be understood by each other (of thoughts, feelings, etc.); to be comprehended; to exchange with each other (thoughts, feelings, etc.); to express to each other (e.g. intentions); to communicate with each other
order; turn; sorting; obedient; docile; submissive
very loose; slowly; leisurely
hogging; having all to oneself; monopolising; monopolizing
who on earth; just exactly who; who the heck
person in the same line of business; people in the same trade; the trade; the profession
to sink (e.g. a ship); to submerge; to lower (e.g. one's body into a chair); to floor (an opponent)
to rush over; to run up to
head over heels; headlong; head first
dazzling; glaring; dazzlingly beautiful
slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)
moment; instant; kshana; duration of a single mental event (about 1/75 second); shortest possible interval of time
snakelike; snaky; serpentine
to let go of; to release; to part with (e.g. a possession); to relinquish; to send away (e.g. one's child); to let go
pilothouse; wheelhouse; steering house
goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre
ship's captain; skipper; length of a ship; boatman
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
bear (any mammal of family Ursidae)
handsome man; looker; good guy; great guy; influential person (esp. in the yakuza); sumo wrestler
to shake; to jolt; to shake (e.g. the political world); to disturb; to put off a batter (by varying one's type of pitch)
to fall to one's knees; to go down on one's knees (e.g. to express respect)
rocky area; rocky tract; rocky stretch (of a climb); wall (of rock)
to step over; to step across; to stride over; to stretch over; to span; to bridge
to be turned up; to be turned inside out; to ride up; to be lifted (e.g. by wind)
densely covered in thick hair; hairy; fuzzy
column; beam; girder; digit; decade; order of magnitude
to smoke; to smoulder; to be sooty; to be smoke-stained; to smoulder (e.g. a dispute); to smolder