to walk away; to walk off
dignity; majesty; solemnity; gravity
abasement; fall; forfeiture; sinking (in people's estimation)
father; dad; papa; pa; pop; daddy
selling out; being sold out
anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly
empty air; sky; shunyata; emptiness; air force; fruitlessness; meaninglessness
dropping; losing; missing item; something one forgot to write down; trap; wooden protrusion from a Japanese door frame that fits a hole in the threshold, acting as a lock when closed; conclusion (of a speech, etc.)
reputation; respectability
all; altogether; entirely; exactly like; just like; spitting image of
to go on about (one's love affairs); to speak proudly of (one's spouse, girlfriend, etc.); to speak fondly of
to live under another's roof; to become a dependent on; to flatten oneself (against); to lean in close to
completely satisfied; as pleased as can be
even; even if; even though; because of; on the grounds that
to creep up; to crawl up; to overcome (a bad situation); to rise (after a setback)
shoulder massage (performed by tapotement); tap on the shoulder (request to resign)
opening (a door, window, etc.); leaving open; opening up (e.g. to the public); allowing (public) access
to head home; to leave for home
this and that; one thing and another
with a friendly grin; smilingly
to exterminate; to eradicate; to wipe out; to let (fire) go out; to let die (e.g. flowers); to run out of
secrecy; confidentiality; one's circumstances (esp. fiscal); kitchen
to take for granted; to assume; to pretend (to be); to pose (as); to go through with (what one decided to do); to persist in doing
ignoring; looking the other way; passing through; going through; ball hit through net (in tennis)
participation in a war; going to war; taking part in a competition or contest
lifetime supply; lifetime's worth (of something)
plump; rotund; chubby; entirely; completely; wholly
with profound (often hidden) meaning; pregnant with significance; meaningful; suggestive; interesting
sum; harmony; peace; Japan; Japanese-style
to lie on top of each other; to overlap; to pile up
to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other
to lay down; to wear (a sword, etc.) at one's side
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to fail to ...; to miss one's opportunity to ...
to compare (something) to; to liken; to speak figuratively; to use a simile; to use a metaphor
to turn over; to turn pages of a book; to tear off; to strip off; to tear up
(flower) bud; promising young person; budding beauty
to rise to the surface; to surface; to stand out (e.g. against a background)
stickily; gooily; syrupily
quickly; calmly; intently
entry; approach; penetration
to thrust into; to shove into; to push into; to drive into
addition and deletion; taking out and putting in; plugging and unplugging; making do; getting by; managing
to bloom; to flower; to blossom; to open