(emotional) tension; anxiety; (highness of) spirits; (good) mood; tension; tensile strength
all-time high (price, in trading); record high; new high
nailing on; nailing down; being stationary; being rooted to the spot; (price) pegging
sentence; verdict; pronouncement
to wring the neck; to strangle
to finish; to end; to close
incident; affair; happening; event
conversely; on the contrary
irrational; illogical; unreasonable; absurd; inconsistent
worried look; worried expression
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
the country; countryside; outskirts; suburbs; presence; being in attendance
ripple; ring on the water; repercussions; Japanese slit drum; instrument made of iron with slits on top; makes a rippling sound
vibration; flickering; jolting; tremor
affected; smug; pompous; conceited; snobby; pretentious
thin-culmed dwarf bamboo (growing in clusters); Japanese transverse bamboo flute (high-pitched; usu. with seven holes); sliver (strand of loose fibers)
meditation; contemplation
to purify; to cleanse; to exorcise; to purge; to ward off
to scatter; to sprinkle; to distribute (handbills, etc.); to spread (rumours, etc.); to give the slip; to throw off
holy water; urine (esp. as related to urolagnia)
hard (e.g. penis); strong (e.g. beat of music); throbbing (e.g. headache); blaring (e.g. rock music)
lock; padlock; tablet; lozenge; pill
to fall fast asleep; to be confined to one's bed; to be laid up
unmarried woman; Miss; -ess; -ette
flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion
high-quality goods; choice goods
-itis (indicating an inflammatory disease)
boundary; (nuclear) criticality; critical (mass, pressure, temperature, state, point, etc.)
interval; break; pause; gap (e.g. in the clouds); rift; cleft
Chinese matrimony vine (Lycium chinense); Chinese wolfberry; goji