flutter kick (swimming); the thrash
swimming belt; swimming float; life buoy; swim bladder; air bladder
cornerstone; main point; requirement; need; necessary; required
present point (i.e. in history); at the present time
raging waves; stormy seas; hardships; troubles; adversities
sinking; foundering; getting dead drunk; having too much fun (esp. in a red-light district, etc.) and missing work or neglecting one's duties; staying in one place for a long time
grant; allowance; endowment; bestowal; assignment; conferment
to rub; to chafe; to strike (match); to lose (e.g. a match); to forfeit; to squander one's money (e.g. through gambling, Pachinko, etc.)
feast; treating (someone); to treat (someone, e.g. to a meal)
fairy tale; fairy story; nursery tale
interval between the waves; gap between waves
to rub together; to reconcile (ideas, proposals, plans); to compare and adjust
quite a chore; not that easy; fairly difficult
to conquer (e.g. an enemy); to defeat; to overcome (a difficulty); to out-hit
barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty
supervision; control; superintendence; director; superintendent; supervisor
almost (did); nearly (did)
gallant; brave; imposing; awe-inspiring; severe; biting
to choke up; to be speechless; to hold one's tongue
to freeze (of one's body); to be frozen; to become numb (with cold); to be chilled
rescue operation; aid operation; rescue work
duvet; bed cover; coverlet; quilt; comforter; eiderdown
soaked to the skin; like a drowned rat
training wear; sportswear; activewear; tracksuit
older brother; elder brother
overserious; deeply sincere; very earnest
pale (of complexion); green around the gills; looking unwell
it's none of your business; it's not your concern
to telephone; to call in; to ring in; to contact by phone
to be delirious with fever; to have a feverish dream; (fig.) to be crazy about something
too large (clothing); baggy; bulging; warping; parp; toot
to whine; to make feeble complaints
the way back; the way home; return trip
to resonate emotionally (with one); to strike a chord; to be gut-wrenching
concentration of mind; mental concentration (on some task)
selflessness; self-effacement; self-renunciation; anatta; anatman; doctrine that states that humans do not possess souls
breathing of a sleeping person
eternal; unlimited; endless