deep blue; bright blue; ghastly pale; pallid; white as a sheet
to suffer; to groan; to be worried
to hold a person back; to restrain; to catch in one's arms
what with this and that; for a number of reasons
firmly; solidly; heartily
to come out all right; to take care of itself; to be OK
in an instant; in a moment; immediately; suddenly; all of a sudden; all at once
chiffon cake; sponge cake
to pierce; to stab; to sting; to bite; to sew; to stitch; to pole (a boat)
to bite into; to sink one's teeth into; to stick to; to cling to; to hold on to
to the limit; to the fullest extent; absolutely the limit; one cup after another; cup by cup
calling repeatedly (e.g. someone's name); pronouncing successively (usu. repeating a syllable with voicing, as in "tsuzuku")
sense of impending crisis; sense of danger
scolding; telling-off; rebuke; complaint; grumbling; fault-finding
to keep talking; to go on and on; to talk non-stop
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
rascal; villain; scoundrel; ruffian; crook
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
to give and take; to make mutual concessions; to compromise
bounds; limits; boundary fence (esp. of horse-riding ground)
although I say; although one might say; although called
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
to turn aside adroitly; to dodge
glad countenance; joyful look
to run (of liquid); to spread; to blur; to blot; to ooze; to well up (of tears, etc.)
to trample down; to devastate
visiting ill or distressed people; writing get-well letters; get-well gifts; get-well letters; expression of sympathy; expression of concern
basket; basketball; basket cloth
present (brought by a visitor); gift
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
mimicry; imitation (of someone, something)
to use completely; to use up; to exhaust; to exhaust somebody's civility; to give up (on someone)
to court; to woo; to approach defiantly
bachelorhood; spinsterhood; celibacy; living apart from one's family; living alone; person who lives alone
flatly rejecting; curtly refusing; beating easily; defeating handily; a kick