to lean against; to recline on; to lean on; to rely on; to depend on
horizontally; flat; across; crossways; crosswise
ornament; decorative object; object placed in a tokonoma; figurehead; leader without real power
bye-bye; good-bye; see you; saying goodbye; parting
to tickle; to tickle (one's curiosity, vanity, etc.); to arouse; to make laugh; to amuse
running away from home; elopement; (arch.) outing; (arch.) going out; (arch.) becoming a Buddhist monk; (arch.) entering the priesthood
to disappear; to vanish; to bolt; to go into hiding
almost; very nearly; only just; barely; just in time
to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind
speaking without thinking; words spoken without much thought
to death (bored, scared, etc.); to distraction; like crazy; like mad; so much; dying (e.g. for a drink)
(suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
riskiness; (level of) danger
to make up for; to compensate for; to indemnify; to recompense; to redeem (e.g. a fault); to atone for
general mobilization; general mobilisation
fighting with one's back to the wall; having burnt one's bridges; last stand; from strategy of general Han Xin in the Battle of Jingxing
tightrope walking; high-wire act; funambulism; treading a tightrope; walking on thin ice; pulling a risky balancing act
just as one thought; as usual; sure enough
ominous; ill-omened; inauspicious; unlucky; sinister
choking; suffocating; stifling; oppressive; heavy
lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many
looking on (somebody) as hostile
offensive (movement); aggression
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
beforehand; in advance; previously
to devise; to arrange; to plan; to plot
head-on; to one's face; squarely; directly; flatly (e.g. refuse)
on the contrary; far from it; if anything; in fact; instead
centimeter; centimetre; centi-; 10^-2; sentimental
to hang over; to cover; to fall upon someone (responsibility, burden, pressure, etc.)
pile; heap; counter for things that are stacked, piled up (or layered, etc.); layers of clothing worn under one's overcoat; combination of colors created by layering of garments (colours)
action; movements; motions; bearing; behaviour; behavior
left hand; left-hand side; left-hand direction; (on) the left
to sink (into); to cave in; to get stuck in
to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress