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
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 call; to name; to call oneself ...; to go by the name of ...; to purport (to be); to profess
cluster of trees; grove; thicket
lump of meat; piece of flesh; human body
prescribed form (of writing); format
one's own style; self-taught manner
peculiarity; uniqueness; characteristic
middle; center; heart; midst (e.g. of a storm); peak (e.g. of a season); (the) height (of something)
encirclement; encircling net; tight besiegement
acting as agent; acting on (someone's) behalf; executing business for
very careful; thoroughly prepared
actually; in fact; as a matter of fact
dormitory building; dormitory hall
great numbers; numerical superiority
shades of evening; dead of night
water's edge; waterside; shore; before coming ashore; before entering the country; (at the) border
anyone can see that; it's obvious that
absurd; unreasonable; rash; reckless; excessive; immoderate
severe; harsh; stringent; rigorous; strict; unfair
speech; tongue; dialect; brogue; bento; Japanese box lunch; petal
young and sweet; adorable; cute; pitiful; touching; pathetic
likely to do; liable to do; (quite) capable of doing; may (well) do; might do; could do
shedding tears; lacrimation
to lose sight of (one's companions); to stray from; to miss (one's chance to ...)
to sound shrill (of a voice); to sound high-pitched and excited; to get excited; to become restless; to be thrown too high; to come in high
so; like that; that's right; indeed; let me see ...
seen it once, seen it all; a single instance indicates what happens all the time; one case gives you an idea of what always happens
solving a problem swiftly and skillfully