hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour
choking; suffocating; stifling; oppressive; heavy
shuddering; shivering; trembling; being horrified; being disgusted
stirring; slight movement
idea; notion; sense (e.g. of duty); resignation (to one's fate); acceptance; observation and contemplation
to blow (of the wind); to blow (one's breath); to breathe out; to play (a wind instrument); to blow (a whistle, trumpet, etc.); to emit (smoke, fire, etc.); to spout
ferocious; brutal; atrocious; savage; barbarous
to lead; to take the initiative; to take precedence (e.g. sadness taking precedence over anger); to be most essential
impact (on); (strong) impression; effect; impact (of a ball against a racket, bat, club, etc.)
plaster; gypsum; calcium sulphate (sulfate)
to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify
to face each other; to be opposite (to)
to be able to eat; to be able to swallow
having a headache; racking one's brains; troubling over something
(move) slowly (e.g. walk); sluggishly; stolidly; ploddingly; heavily
pointing (at; with one's finger)
vain person; ostentatious person; show-off
regarding ...; concerning ...; about ...; on ...; with respect to ...; in regard to ...
example; exercise (for the reader)
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
calligraphy (esp. Asian calligraphy based on Chinese characters)
understanding; comprehension; appreciation; sympathy
to be offended; to get angry; to be stuffy; to be stifling; firmly (shutting one's mouth)
eloquence; fluency (of speech)
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
unthinkable; unexpected; absolutely not!; far from it!; (it was) no bother at all; not at all
different suitabilities; being cut out for certain things (and not for others)
theory; reason; logic; (unreasonable) argument; strained logic; excuse
to puzzle over; to think deeply about; to rack one's brains over (wrack)
knock; knocking; fungo hitting; hitting balls for fielding practice; tap; click (e.g. of a retractable pen or mechanical pencil)
expression; look; countenance; face
gloss; luster; mellowness (of a voice); youthfulness (e.g. of skin); interest; appeal
bathing; going in the bath
to hesitate to; to waver; to be hesitant about
conquest (of a difficulty, illness, crisis, etc.); overcoming; surmounting; bringing under control
link (e.g. in a chain of events); part (of a plan, campaign, activities, etc.); monocyclic
impromptu; improvised; extempore; instant (e.g. ramen)
on and after; from ... onward; since
unapproachable; inaccessible; difficult to access
room cleaning; hotel housekeeping