clearly (standing out); distinctly; sharply; boldly; in sharp relief
to swallow; to gulp down; to understand; to grasp; to engulf; to swallow up
sense of distance (physical or emotional); feeling of distance
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
long ago; a long time ago; already
to be damaged; to receive damage
to make up for; to compensate for; to indemnify; to recompense; to redeem (e.g. a fault); to atone for
strong-minded; strong-willed; having great willpower
to rise gradually; to rise slowly; to come up from below the stage (by being lifted up on the stage elevator)
to brush off; to shake off
to intimidate; to frighten; to scare; to threaten (e.g. peace); to jeopardize; to endanger
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
that is to say; so that means
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention; motive
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
complete stranger; total stranger
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
it cannot be that ...; it is highly unlikely that ...; it is impossible that ...
trot; half run; jog; girl in charge of menial tasks in a samurai family
to run out of breath; to be short of breath; to run out of steam; to be unable to continue; to die
smoothly; with a slipping or sliding motion
corner room; corner apartment
skillful; skilled; proficient; flattery
coloured clothes (colored)
cotton (material); red silk-cotton tree (Bombax ceiba)
to iron; to do the ironing
manners; behavior; behaviour
to sprawl; to lie sprawled; to stretch oneself out; to lie relaxed on one's side
wrinkled; full of wrinkles
time; labour; payment (for labour); pay; tedious job; troublesome job
to come to nothing; to be in vain; to lead nowhere
to accomplish; to fulfill; to carry out
to flicker; to quiver; to waver; to sway
circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral
one round; one turn; one size (larger or smaller); one cycle of the twelve years of the Chinese zodiac
one's chance; the right time; target; objective
to be sticky; to be adhesive; to persevere; to persist; to stick to
memory (of having seen something or someone before); remembrance; recollection; recognition
ambush; lying in wait for an ambush