pressure; clamping; tightening; fastening
to get strong; to gain strength
interval; break; pause; spare moment
absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic
to clasp together (esp. hands); to entwine (e.g. fingers)
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
unprecedented; never happened before; first time in history
to be filled to bursting; to burst
uncontainable; irrepressible; uncontrollable
thick; deep; kind; cordial; serious (of an illness); abundant
to churn up; to strike up; to throw up; to tip up; to flip up
shock; tremor; impact; vibration
to squeeze (to the utmost); to wring out; to squeeze (money) out of someone; to wring (money) from; to scold; to criticize severely; to train ruthlessly
to suck up; to pump up; to siphon off (profits, etc.); to exploit; to take up others' opinions, hopes, etc.
to cool (e.g. from a high temperature to room temperature); to let cool; to dampen; to throw a damper on; to spoil
to rank next to; to come after
borderline between life and death; verge of death; deadline (boundary around a prison which prisoners were not allowed to cross)
(mental) attitude; way of thinking; attention; care; prudence; intention
sunlight; rays of the Sun
to strain (one's ears, eyes); to prick up (one's ears)
wainscoting; wainscotting; wood paneling
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
seeing for the first time; first sight; first meeting; sight-reading
United Kingdom; Britain; Great Britain; England
to the best of my ability, poor though it be
agreement; stipulation; contract
strongly hoping or requesting (of something that is difficult to be brought to fruition)
company employee; member of a corporation; company stockholder (esp. in legal contexts)
lading; loading; carrying
destruction; collapse; crumbling
suspicious; dubious; unreliable; indecent; unseemly
and; or; and the like; and so forth; and what not
money-making; commercialized; commercialised
to tear up and throw away
the seven prismatic colors (colours)
setting sun; decline (e.g. of industry)
overhasty; rash; premature