dizziness; giddiness; vertigo
shading; shielding from light
attenuation; damping; decay
barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty
by mutual agreement; by mutual consent
(brute) force; using all one's might
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
event; festivities; function; social gathering; auspices; opening
eyes sparkling; with shining eyes; for one's eyes to gleam
to stay (at); to stop (at)
coercion; overpowering; to overpower; to overawe; to daunt
commonplace (of people or animals); ordinary; typical; ubiquitous; run-of-the-mill; found around every corner
otherwise; or else; if not
littering; (carelessly) tossing away
to collapse; to give up; to lose one's nerve; to have one's knees give way
gushingly; copiously; profusely; in a steady stream
tune; tone; intonation; melody; rhythm; harmony
to stay on (e.g. at one's friends house); to remain in the same neighborhood
fascination; to charm; to fascinate; to mesmerize
attachment (esp. to things); love; affection
to be curious; to wonder; to marvel
to push aside; to push one's way through
to mow down; to cut down; to knock down; to defeat; to beat
under one's arm; (in) the armpit
opening inward (e.g. door, window)
carved seal; engraved stamp; to engrave (a seal); to carve; to make an impression (with a seal)
generous; soft-hearted; having a good personality
hundred times; hundred degrees
wood; woods; forest; bunch (of something); cluster; line
fear of heights; acrophobia
to loathe to part (with); to be reluctant to leave (someone)
haiku; 17-mora poem, usu. in 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 morae
to chant; to sing; to recite; to write (a poem); to compose
(not) the slightest bit; (not) the least; (not) at all
internal organs; intestines; viscera
gravitational acceleration; acceleration of gravity
at full speed; as fast as one's legs can carry one
siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding; besiegement
swarm; throng; flock together
to take the name of; to call oneself; to pretend; to feign; to purport