slowly; tardily; complaining; grumbling; unsettled (e.g. weather); loose
fast walking; semi-jogging
to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)
talk (esp. by a talk-show host, or by a stage musician to the audience between songs); banter; talk show; toque
it is no exaggeration to say; it is not too much to say
to spring; to bound; to be stimulated; to be encouraged; to pay handsomely; to splurge
universal; omnipresent; ubiquitous
grip; having all the cards needed to form a scoring combination in one's hand
silence; keeping silent; giving no notice; giving no warning; wordless pantomime performed in the dark (in kabuki)
destined; predestined; fated; fateful
to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest)
ignoring; looking the other way; passing through; going through; ball hit through net (in tennis)
not bad; not half bad; pretty good
romanticist; romantic; dreamer
to break through (e.g. one's doubts); to become unbound by (e.g. the past); to allay (e.g. anger); to burst (e.g. a boil)
episode; anecdote; vignette
Apollo (Greek and Roman god)
sexual desire; physical love; Eros (Greek god); Eros (asteroid); event-related optical signal; EROS
bow and arrow; weapon; arms
to call a person's attention (to)
river; stream; River; the ... river
Daphnae; Tahpanhes; Daphne
anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly
thereupon; shortly thereafter
to run into; to rush into; to (run and) seek refuge in; to take shelter in
bay laurel (Laurus nobilis); bay tree; sweet bay; laurel tree
commemoration; celebration; honoring the memory of something; turning something into a memento; memory
traditional cap worn by Shinto clergy and courtiers; crown; diadem; top kanji radical; first verse of a haikai, etc.; best; peerless
to have one's teeth set on edge; to get loose teeth
though; although; be that as it may; nonetheless
to roll around laughing; to fold up; to hold one's sides with laughter
to make an appeal; to urge